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Human Nature: From Kierkegaard to Sartre
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Human Nature: From Kierkegaard to Sartre

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about Kierkegaard's views of the self and human nature, including such concepts as "present age," "spiritlessness," passionate commitment," and the "aesthetic sphere." He then discusses Heidegger and Sartre, both of ...

Inner Self and External World
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Inner Self and External World

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about the views of multiple philosophers concerning how the inner self encounters the every day reality of the external world.

Nietzsche and the Death of God
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Nietzsche and the Death of God

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about Friedrich Nietzsche's views on God, then flashes back to the time of Plato, before moving forward again and exploring the question: what happens to a culture which is organized around the notion of God as a sin...

How Do We Encounter Reality?
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How Do We Encounter Reality?

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about the intriguing professional relationship between Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. Although Husserl was Heidegger's mentor, the younger Heidegger was as much an influence on Husserl's philosophical beliefs a...

Science and Human Life
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Science and Human Life

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus argues that even if scientists come to a clear cosmological understanding of the universe, science can't teach us what kind of thing a human being is or what constitutes a good life.

Is Mind Distinct from Body?: Distinctions Between Computers and the Human Mind
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Is Mind Distinct from Body?: Distinctions Between Computers and the Human Mind

In his 1972 book What Computers Still Can't Do Hubert Dreyfus points out capacities of the mind computers fail to match such as a sense of relevance and common sense. What computers can do is spread the computational load over time and operate with ...

Is Mind Distinct from Body?: Renes Descartes, a Solitary Thinker
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Is Mind Distinct from Body?: Renes Descartes, a Solitary Thinker

Philosopher Rene Descartes believed that he functioned best as a solitary thinker. As he wrote in his Meditations it was only when he has no involvements or concerns that he could think philosophy and get it right. In one famous meditation Descartes...

How Do We Encounter the World: Phenomenology
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How Do We Encounter the World: Phenomenology

The philosophical tradition that attempts to describe the world and the way we experience it without relying on abstract theories is called phenomenology. The term took on new significance with German philosopher Edmund Husserl whose work focused o...

Merleau-Ponty and the Intentional Arc
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Merleau-Ponty and the Intentional Arc

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about 20th century philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his concept "the intentional arch." Stemming from Merleau-Ponty's focus on perception as a major component of understanding the world, the intentional arch is ...

Meaning in Life: From Heidegger to Dostoyevsky
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Meaning in Life: From Heidegger to Dostoyevsky

Philosopher Hubert Dreyfus talks about different ways of explaining meaning in life, as reflected in the writings of philosophers Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.