Transcendental Phenomenology and Antonioni’s Red Desert This essay applies the ideas associated with transcendental phenomenology to the Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film Il deserto rosso‚ known in English as Red Desert. Aspects of western philosophy can provide a viewer with a greater appreciation of the film and its meanings. After providing a brief overview of the development of phenomenological thinking and of past interpretations of Red Desert‚ this essay will provide an analysis and interpretation
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PSYD16 Midterm QUESTION 2: Van Manen quotes Dilthey’s definition of lived experience‚ which is “our immediate‚ pre-reflective consciousness of life: a reflexive or self-given awareness which is‚ as awareness‚ unaware of itself.” It is raw and untouched by presumptions and speculation. * Van Manen constantly emphasizes how phenomenological human science begins with and eventually returns to lived experience. Hence‚ its great importance. * According to van Manen‚ phenomenology‚ which is
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First we are presented with the Continental philosophy and within it contain some other philosophical thoughts. Some of the other philosophical thoughts include existentialism and phenomenology. An existentialist can and “do not guarantee that this existential predicament‚ as it might be called‚ can be solved.” (Moore & Bruder‚ 2011) What this means is that there is no answer to the existence of life and that a person cannot find value or meaning with in it. “In brief‚ phenomenology interests
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Introduction The notion of authenticity is one of self-fulfillment and Charles Taylor recognizes that there are dangers in accepting modernity’s drive toward self-realization. However‚ he is not willing to give up on this idea of "authenticity." In The Ethics of Authenticity‚ Taylor lays out a system of thought and morals that connect our search for self-realization with our desire towards self-creation. He is attempting to keep a form of individualism while still operating under objectivism.
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"Is live worth living? That depends on the liver‚" is quite an anonymous‚ but knowledgeable‚ quote. Though this may seem a more modern way of viewing life itself‚ this quote actually resembles that of a much older perspective: that of an existentialist. Existentialism‚ is‚ essentially‚ the philosophy that life is meaningless‚ unless one defines that life. Two philosophers actively involved in this position were Soren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre. While both can be considered existentialists‚
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The historical roots of humanistic psychology are firmly planted deeply in the European traditions of existentialism‚ phenomenology‚ and personalism. Most humanistic psychology scholars readily acknowledge a debt to existentialism and phenomenology‚ yet the contributions of thought within personalism are often unacknowledged. In part‚ personalism often is forgotten because the term “personalism” speaks less to a system of philosophy or psychology than to a general concern with positivism’s tendency
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Michael Garuba Differentiate Modernism from Post Modernism Modernism‚ in literature‚ is the basic concept of new methods through new reasoning. During the renaissance period of English history‚ the traditional values of Western civilization‚ which the Victorians had only begun to question‚ came to be questioned seriously by a number of new writers who saw society breaking down around them. The world was being looked at from a new perspective‚ mostly scientifically. Traditional literary forms
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No One Does Wrong Willingly The problem of akrasia is a critical theoretical issue in the history of western philosophy‚ contemporary western philosophy‚ and moral philosophy. This problem was first raised by Socrates. The Greek word for the weakness of will or incontinence is akrasia‚ generally refers to that acts which violate the best choices of human beings. Besides‚ the problem of akrasia means that is it possible for people to do actions which violate their best choices? Socrates clear stated
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An Integrative Model of Counseling Frank-Hagen Hofmann Contact: Counseling Service for Students Gartenstraße 2 ▪ D-69115 Heidelberg fh.hofmann@stw.uni-heidelberg.de 2 Fedora Summer University‚ Leiden 16.06.2008 Who I am… • 2001 – 2006 Study at the Department of Psychology‚ Heidelberg University • Since april 2007 PhD student at the Counseling Service for Students‚ University of Heidelberg Currently training in Behavior Therapy 3 Fedora Summer University‚ Leiden 16.06.2008
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Comparison Essay Continental philosophy‚ Pragmatic philosophy‚ and Analytic philosophy are all three forms of philosophies that are in response to Hegel. The differences began within English speaking countries and European speaking countries‚ which off-set into two separate traditions. Continental philosophy is the most different in its response to Hegelian idealism in Europe in the 19th and 20th century. The main schools of philosophical thought are existentialism‚ phenomenology‚ hermeneutics
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