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☯ Full Synopsis : 'When we think of Heidegger's influence in France, we tend to focus on such contemporary thinkers as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Jean-François Lyotard. In Generation Existential, Ethan Kleinberg shifts the focus to the initial reception of Heidegger's philosophy in France by those who first encountered it. Kleinberg explains the appeal of Heidegger's philosophy to French thinkers, as well as the ways they incorporated and expanded on it in their own work through the interwar, Second World War, and early postwar periods. In so doing, Kleinberg offers new insights into intellectual figures whose influence on modern French philosophy has been enormous, including some whose thought remains under-explored outside France. Among Kleinberg's 'generation existential' are Jean Beaufret, the only member of the group whom one could characterize as 'a Heideggerian'; Maurice Blanchot; Alexandre Kojéve; Emmanuel Levinas; and Jean-Paul Sartre. In showing how each of these figures engaged with Heidegger, Kleinberg helps us to understand how the philosophy of this right-wing thinker had such a profound influence on intellectuals of the left. Furthermore, Kleinberg maintains that our view of Heidegger's influence on contemporary thought is contingent on our comprehension of the ways in which his philosophy was initially understood, translated, and incorporated into the French philosophical canon by this earlier generation.'Article Ethan Kleinberg Statement ..' | |
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Flair legendLevel of involvement: (indicated by color) Related subreddits:Ask: Philosophy:. First posted in and learned this is the place for questions. So here comes:I'd be grateful of your thoughts and hints towardsphilosophers/thinkers who said something about this.I see myself as both a rationalist and and existentialist on some level.
I have a secular, non-transcendent world view, and I am cherishing my subjective experience by still living, and caring about moral, even though I don't believe there is an essence of good or bad. By that, I am basically admitting that I don't act upon 'ratio'. Still I see myself as a rationalist because I don't try to smooth out this cognitive dissonance between my objective understanding and my subjective acting. I might make decisions which are influenced by my imaginations of good or bad, yet I am not trying at any point to claim that there is sth like an essential good or bad. So my world view and how I behave are not the same on some level.E. Part of me recognizes that some unconscious part of my brain will never accept that there is no such thing as a free will, and that's okay with me.
Even though I am aware of this subjective part of me, I still don't believe in free will on an objective level.I have and orthodox Christian friend who claims that I can't be authentic being an atheist, and that I can't be existentialist because I let huge parts of my world view be guided by science. I want to be accepting towards his believes, but at the same time I can't help feeling that I couldn't be true to myself and be authentic as the person I am by trying to smooth out the gap between ratio and feelings. His solution to the problem of objectivity versus subjectivity is that there basically is no absolute objectivity (on which I totally agree), but therefore, he depletes even the try to be objective all over.And this is where I say that it makes a huge difference if you just 'choose' what to believe and close your eyes before evidence opposing your own believes, or if you are interested in being as objective as possible if you will. I think if I would just 'believe what I want' on that level, I would be deeply unhappy with my life. I am a curious person, I admire and love science, and I am interested to challenge my own subjective experience through objective evidence.
Stil, no objective truth could ever shake my decision to act authentic, which is, upon my subjective feelings, which desire to be 'good' and act morally.I can only say that my secular, humanist world view is the very most authentic I have ever been. I hope I made my own point of view understandable.What do you think? Did I misunderstand one of those both terms (existentialism or rationalism)?
Is there anyone else who has a similar mindset as I have?Thanks for your time. No, I don't think they necessarily oppose each other. Of course, this depends on the operating versions of existentialism and rationalism.Let's go with Google's definitions for now.Rationalism - 'a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.' Existentialism - 'a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.'
With these two, I'd say that Existentialism needs Rationalism much more than they oppose each other. To determine their development freely and be responsibly, agents must have some reason and knowledge. If someone was developing purely through emotion, it is hardly an 'act of will' one is responsible for. With religion the act of will could be 'the belief' in the religion, but the development would happen by law of the religion rather than the will of the agent.And yes, I have a similar mindset. Keep reading. Keep learning.
Keep trying to 'figure' it out. Thanks for your positive response! I agree with your reasoning.With these two, I'd say that Existentialism needs Rationalism much more than they oppose each other.
To determine their development freely and be responsibly, agents must have some reason and knowledge.I find this part especially important. When it comes to arguing for or against specific political points of view, I see it even as my moral duty to investigate whether or not my subjective feelings or believes are confirmed by science.
So for example when I am against immigration into my country because I have the subjective perception that immigrants are more likely to commit crime- it would be reasonable and responsible of me to look for scientific proves for that opinion.I find that this is the part where my religious friend's reasoning is a little bit weak so to say- he says that his subjective feelings are not shakable by science and he sees it as a shortcut of his authenticity to look into science 'all to hard'- at least this is how I understand him.And I'll definitely keep up with philosophy. I'm just starting digging into it.:).
To be fair to religious people, usually there is still reasoning involved when taking willful actions that follow their religion.And there are some things believers and skeptics will ultimately reach a stalemate on. Science, (experimentation and theories on observable evidence), will never be able to explain something that cannot be tested. One can choose to have faith or remain skeptical.
When it comes to things like 'what's the meaning of life' and 'why are we here', questions that fall under existentialism, I think faith can still be a valid rational tool. If there's no way to figure out those answers, faith can be a 'shortcut' through the struggle of proving that there is no way to figure out those answers. If the answer is to find your own meaning, then choosing to have faith a form of finding meaning.The problem comes with intolerant forms of religion. Those that say faith is the only way to live, and that people are not allowed to find meaning because they must have faith in the meaning that has been assigned to them. Those that strike down all who would challenge the institution, even with reasonable evidence.Science is about testing theories, not just proving opinions. The reasonable and responsible approach is to test opinions with an open mind and accept the theories that have evidence to support them and reject theories where evidence disproves them. (Hopefully that's what you meant).
I don't understand what you mean by rationalism. At one point you say it consists of 'acting upon ratio' but that's not even grammatically coherent.At one point you suggest it consists of denying the existence of free will, but that seems very odd to me. Certainly no philosophical definition of 'rationalism' has ever held that it is the same thing as denying free will.
Most philosophical rationalists throughout history have believed in free will.At another point you suggest it consists of letting huge parts of your world view be 'guided by science.' If by 'huge parts of your world view' you mean 'the parts that science investigates,' then I suppose 'rationalist' might just mean 'not an idiot,' because to the extent that anyone guides their life by science, I guess this typically means just trusting doctors when they say vaccines work or engineers when they say airplanes work, and it would be foolish not to do these sorts of things. If by 'huge parts of your world view' you mean 'even stuff that science doesn't investigate,' then I am not sure how one would guide those parts of one's life by science, so I'm still confused.So, I don't really know what you mean by 'rationalist.' This makes it hard/impossible to answer your question absent further information.
Hey.:)I did think through this stuff and I felt that I had understood existentialism and rationalism pretty well. The reason I started this thread was that I encountered a person who seriously claimed you can't be 'authentic' while at the same time being a rationalist.
I didn't see it that way and found his point of view rather incromprehensible- but maybe it was just me getting things wrong? That's why I wanted to get some further input.I didn't mean to say that rationalism necessary leads to determinism. I only stated my opinion on free will and how I deal with this opinion to give an example of how I see myself being authentic in an existentialist way.P. Sorry if my English is kind of crappy.
It's not my mother tongue. As far as I know there are different 'sub-species' of rationalism- there are existentialist thinkers who are agnostic(=absurd?), religious, atheistic and nihilistic. So seeing the world as a hostile place probably wouldn't apply to all of them.Hm- in a way it would make sense if existentialism evolved as a reaction to rationalism.
The imperative to 'be rational'- as which I understand rationalism right now- might be noble- but it is ignorant in a way. So you could say existentialists are reminding us that we can't reach that ideal of rationalism completely, and they shift the focus from being rational to being authentic.I think those two can perfectly balance each other- like I personally don't believe in free will intellectually (which would be me trying to follow rationalistic ideal) but at the same time, believing in determinism doesn't really tear me down- because on a more unconscious level some part of me will never believe I'm predisposed. And I don't try to change my subjective feeling, in that way, I cherish my own subjectivity, and am authentic.