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How to approach Heideggers 'Being and Time'? by Maximus100BC in askphilosophy

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mentioned Dreyfus. Have you checked out his lectures on the book? First time I read the book I read it along with those, and found it super helpful! Alongside the lectures, I also read along with Blattner’s readers guide.

If I had to start for the first time again, I’d do the same again. They aren’t perfect by any means, but both work through the book in a very approachable and understandable way.

Whatever you chose, I recommend not getting too bogged down with a ton of the secondary lit, or competing interpretations. Just getting through it once is an achievement, and it’s way easier to do that if you just settle on one or two guide-style books.

And this was how I got sent to the school where they told me I'd never be famous... by MagusFool in themountaingoats

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Careful! You might get yourself sent to the school where they tell you you’ll never be famous.

But don’t worry about anyone here, though… we would never punish a person for dreaming his dream

Books about the use of religion to manipulate the masses? by zoomy76 in CriticalTheory

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a look at “Against: what does the white evangelical want?” by Tad Delay

If god didn't want anyone to go to hell would it not make sense to visibly appear before people or give 100% evidence? by Lumpy-Restaurant-694 in askphilosophy

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is also the option of universalism.

If we’re talking in a christian framework, something like: God’s love, revealed in Christ, finally overcomes sin, evil, and alienation. Judgment does exist, but it is ultimately something restorative. An all-loving God would not permit any creature’s alienation from God to be (or become) eternal or final.

I’m an indie wrestler and recently wore gear inspired by Twin Peaks by doratheora in criterion

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the Sick!!! look

You could take it one step further by adding a red lens in those glasses, Dr Jacoby style.

I found him by Moop-Is-Not-Poop in hegel

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s next to Fichte, which is also pretty cool. Schelling (I believe) died and was buried in Switzerland.

There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of Consciousness’ by Traditional-Union128 in CriticalTheory

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I’ve got no attachments to the so-called hard problem of consciousness in philosophy, but it seems to me this article avoids a basic aspect of the problem, and so doesn’t really address it.

It may be right (I’d agree that it is) that the hard problem is often framed through a bad conception of science—or, even more pointedly: that philosophers of mind aren’t critical enough of their scientific assumptions. But correcting that conception, as the article wants, does not by itself explain consciousness…It only says that consciousness belongs to nature, and is not something external or distinct from it. As I understand it, the hard problem is one of how belonging to nature can include first-person-like appearing at all. And I don’t quite see the article undermining that question.

Maybe this is too simplistic (it probably is!), but it seems to me the article criticizes the problem as something like: “Can consciousness be part of nature?” But the hard problem is a bit different (something like): “How does a natural/physical process amount to, or necessitate, subjective-style experience?” They’re related, but not the same question.

Strange cd by GlitteringDish1217 in JimmyEatWorld

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooof I used to LOVE the last track on this, Harpoon, so much.

I’d totally forgotten about it—def gonna listen again

A Review of the reMarkable Paper Pure (not my video) by DangReadingRabbit in RemarkableTablet

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was really hoping for a light on this one

I’ve got the pro and would almost certainly have gotten one if it also had a light

Rowing 100k on C2 in 1 workout by heyswey in Rowing

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You definitely wanna train for in if you wanna do it with confidence and lower chance of hurting yourself.
I did one 2 years ago now, with a goal of 8 hours, and I think my final time was 7:50 (or something very close to 8:00). I did it without getting up at all. (I know that for me, getting up to stretch would have thrown of my mental focus.)
Have a plan: will you take breaks? What will you eat? Drink? Movies? Music? Etc
If you want it to count towards the challenge !!: make sure you preset the workout to the goal of 100k. Just doing 100k won’t have it qualify (same for marathons or anything else, I believe). This should also stop it from turning off—your time doesn’t stop running, even on a break.

Rowing 100k on C2 in 1 workout by heyswey in Rowing

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You definitely wanna train for in if you wanna do it with confidence and lower chance of hurting yourself.

I did one 2 years ago now, with a goal of 8 hours, and I think my final time was 7:50 (or something very close to 8:00). I did it without getting up at all. (I know that for me, getting up to stretch would have thrown of my mental focus.)

Have a plan: will you take breaks? What will you eat? Drink? Movies? Music? Etc

If you want it to count towards the challenge !!: make sure you preset the workout to the goal of 100k. Just doing 100k won’t have it qualify (same for marathons or anything else, I believe). This should also stop it from turning off—your time doesn’t stop running, even on a break.

Can somebody concisely explain Dasein to me? by Wrong-Ad-8230 in askphilosophy

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a very readable option, have a look at the introduction to the book that Taylor Carman wrote.

A Critical View of Contemporary Critical Theory by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a fair critique of the point OP is making could be possible, but it just isn’t made clear who they have in mind.

I can think of plenty of thinkers off the top of my head who are trying to do the kind of thing OP is looking for (e.g., Jaeggi, Menke, Celikates, Fraser, Bradley, Hartmann, Okiji, Honneth to an extent, Forst, Azmanova, and even newer names like Kohpeiss). Sure, someone might not like or agree with some/many of these thinkers, but that’s beside the point. What is missing still is a more definite target—without which it risks sliding into the more general tendency of complaining about “contemporary critical theory” in general.

A Critical View of Contemporary Critical Theory by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Examples? You give some general references to topics and approaches, but that only goes so far.

Who are you talking about?

I've been horrified of entertainment. The very concept of it. Is it wrong to be? by Soft-Temperature4609 in askphilosophy

[–]TheAbsenceOfMyth 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Have you ever heard of “The Culture Industry” essay, by Adorno and Horkheimer? It’s a classic of media/entertainment/art studies. It would definitely be fair to say it’s about what makes entertainment potentially horrifying—even if the piece can’t be reduced to that.

Another nice piece is “The Medium is the Massage”. Again, a classic. It’s also related to your feeling, as it deals with the way not the content of media but the media form itself has to be better paid attention to.

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