Heidegger

T or F 1. Heidegger's outlook was fundamentally epistemological.

T or F 2. Heidegger's outlook was fundamentally metaphysical.

T or F 3. Heidegger's outlook was fundamentally ontological.

T or F 4. Husserl's main thesis was that in transcendentally reduced experience we find the self giving of objects themselves.

T or F 5. Heidegger's main thesis was that in transcendentally reduced experience we find the self giving of objects themselves.

T or F 6. For Husserl Being as well as being give themselves to phenomenological seeing.

T or F 7. For Heidegger Being as well as being give themselves to phenomenological seeing.

T or F 8. For Husserl phenomenologically reduced experience is completely free from presuppositions.

T or F 9. For Heidegger phenomenologically reduced experience is completely free from presuppositions.

T or F 10. In Husserl's version of Phenomenology the object of study is beings.

T or F 11. In Heidegger's version of Phenomenology the object of study is beings.

T or F 12. In Heidegger's version of Phenomenology the object of study is Being.

T or F 13. In Husserl's version of Phenomenology the object of study is Being.

T or F 14. For Heidegger phenomenology is the name for a subject matter.

T or F 15. For Heidegger phenomenology is the name for a method.

16. What is "DASEIN"?

 

 

 

 

T or F 16. For Husserl human beings are mainly knowers.

T or F 17. For Heidegger human beings are mainly knowers.

T or F 18. For Husserl human beings are mainly concerned about their fate in an alein world.

T or F 19. For Heidegger human beings are mainly concerned about their fate in an alien world.

20. Consider the following quote:

" For manifestly you have long been aware of what you mean when you use the expression 'being'. We, however, who used to think we understood it, have now become perplexed."

 

Which of the following statements are false?

T or F a. The quotation is from Aristotle.

T or F b. The quotation is from Plato.

T or F c. The quotation is to remind us of Plato and his dialogues.

T or F d. The quotation is to remind us of Aristotle and his Organon.

T or F e. The speaker is reminding his interlocutor that what has been forgotten can never be recalled.

T or F f. The speaker is reminding his interlocutor that what has been forgotten can be recalled.

T or F g. The speaker is reminding his interlocutor that what has been recalled can never be forgotten.

T or F h. The speaker is reminding his interlocutor that what has been recalled can be forgotten.

 

T or F 21. The history of mankind is the history of being amazed by Being, of remembering and then forgetting that wonder.

T or F 22. The history of mankind is the history of being amazed by beings, of forgetting and then recalling that wonder.

T or F 23. The history of mankind is the history of being amazed by Being, of forgetting and then recalling that wonder.

T or F 24. The history of mankind is the history of being amazed by beings, of remembering and then forgetting that wonder.

T or F 25. Our amazement with beings is always with us but our concern with affairs in the world cause us to forget it.

T or F 26. Our amazement with Being is always with us but our concern with affairs in the world cause us to forget it.

T or F 27. We wonder about our lack of wonder.

T or F 28. We do not even wonder about our lack of wonder.

T or F 29. What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that they are rational animals.

T or F 30. What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that they are made in the image of God.

T or F 31. What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that they have immortal souls.

T or F 32. What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that they have a world.

T or F 33. What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that they use symbols.

T or F 34. The world within which humans dwell is pleasant.

T or F 35. The world within which humans dwell is dehumanizing.

T or F 36. Description of beings will lead to an understanding of human nature which will lead to an understanding of human being, and an understanding of human being will lead to an understanding of Being.

T or F 37. Description of human nature will lead to an understanding of human being, and an understanding of human being will lead to an understanding of beings.

T or F 38. Description of human nature will lead to an understanding of human being, and an understanding of human being will lead to an understanding of Being.

T or F 39. Description of beings will lead to an understanding of beings which will lead to an understanding of Being, and an understanding of Being will lead to an understanding of human being.

40. What does mean for DASEIN to comport itself to things in the world?318

 

 

 

 

41. Dasein's existence is characterized by a number of specific features. Define the following features.

  1. Being-in (319)
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  3. Readiness-to-hand (321)
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  5. Concern (323)
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  7. Living-ahead (324)
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  9. Understanding (325)

 

 

 

 

 

The Human Predicament

T or F 42. Facticity refers to the incomprehensibility of Dasein's existence.

T or F 43. Facticity refers to the comprehensibility of Dasein's existence.

T or F 44. Dasein's existence is capable of logical explanation.

T or F 45. Dasein's existence is capable of rational explanation.

T or F 46. Dasein's existence is incapable of rational explanation.

T or F 47. Dasein's existence is incapable of logical explanation.

T or F 48. Dasein's existence is capable of scientific explanation.

T or F 49. Dasein's existence is incapable of scientific explanation.

 

50. What is "THROWNNESS"?

 

 

 

 

T or F 51. The fundamental way we come to understand our predicament is through phenomenological seeing.

T or F 52. The fundamental way we come to understand our predicament is through mood.

T or F 53 The fundamental way we come to understand our predicament is through knowing.

T or F 54. The mood through which we come to understand our predicament is happiness.

T or F 55. The mood through which we come to understand our predicament is unhappiness.

T or F 56. The mood through which we come to understand our predicament is fear.

T or F 57. The mood through which we come to understand our predicament is anxiety.

58. What is the "They" self? 334

 

 

 

 

59. What is "Fallenness"? 337-338

 

 

 

 

60. What is "Authenticity"? 338

 

 

 

 

61. Describe Heidegger's way of looking at time.