As far as I can tell the only time people finally let down their guard and brave the visceral anxiety of genuine intersubjectivity is when they’re thrown into the pressure of collaborative project work. It is a peculiarly intimate situation, and it is the sole intrinsic value I experience in work. I’m shameless in my … Continue reading Marys and Marthas
This morning I found the fundamental idea of my current favorite diagram in Husserl’s Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. I’ve also found it in Voegelin and Frank.
The existential I – Heidegger’s Dasein – is the cheapest and most exciting philosophical discovery. The existential You – Buber’s Thou – is more elusive. Catching sight of the concept of the existential You points the way to the development of the intellectual and ethical practice of existing in the I-Thou relationship. The rules in … Continue reading Existential entities