The reason Félix&nbsp;Ravaisson is worth studying is because in his work we find a confluence of themes from Aristotle, debates in 18th and 19th century French vitalism, or spiritualism as it was called then, and a foreshadowing of European Philosophy in the 20th century. His most well-known works of the time were on the history of philosophy, works such as Essay on Aristotle’s Metaphysics (1837), French Philosophy in the 19th Century (1867) and The Philosophy of Pascal (1887). His original philosophy can certainly be detected in these engagements with key figures in the history of philosophy, but his most significant work is found in the published doctoral thesis of 1838 Sur&nbsp;L'Habitude [Of Habit] and the long article Métaphysique et morale&nbsp;[1893- Metaphysics and Morals]. We will focus here on the essay Of Habit, taking up themes of being, time and space and the formation of habits as consequences of an active and passive principle, or the double law of habit as Ravaisson calls it.&nbsp; Episode Image: Rémi&nbsp;Mathis, Public Domain.

Félix Ravaisson, Habit, and the Metaphysics of Life.

This podcast provides a short history of the philosophical theory of vitalism. Vitalism is a set of philosophical propositions claiming that matter is not foundational, that the material world cannot be described in reductive terms. Put positively, vitalism proposes the existence of principles not found in inorganic matter nor nature. Or if we think about it in biological terms, living things, that is living organisms, have vital forces that actively contribute to arranging any organism’s material constituents. I look at the roots of vitalism in Aristotle, how vitalism continued in the 18th and 19th century, the repudiation of vitalism by twentieth century biology, as well as the resurgence of vitalism in the 21st century in philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze, Karen Barad and Jane Bennett.

A Short History of Vitalism

This week we talk about what Heidegger has to say about science. This is a useful topic to conclude with because the theme of science straddles both the earlier and later Heidegger. In Being and Time Heidegger speaks about the nature of science as what he famously calls a ‘regional ontology’ which I will mention here. In his later work, Heidegger in such essays as “The Age of the World-Picture” and “Modern Science, Metaphysics and Mathematics” Heidegger speaks about how, in contrast to the common view that technology and industry are applications of technology, science is inherently technological. In this lecture then I will explain this proposition, and I will explain what Heidegger means by ‘regional ontology,’ and what Heidegger has to say about the technological determination of reality which science unleashes. In his lectures What is Called Thinking Heidegger puts forward, what he deems to a shocking and scandalous thought: ‘Science does not think.’ And it is rather shocking, why on earth would scientists not be able to think? These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 12 - Heidegger on Science

This week we look at another of Heidegger’s preoccupations in his later philosophy: architecture and dwelling. While buildings, like the Greek Temple are present in Heidegger’s other work from the later period, he has only one short essay – “Building Dwelling Thinking” – which directly tackles the question of architecture. This essay was originally given as a lecture at a 1951 conference in Darmstadt, which was directly responding to the post-war housing crisis after WWII. It is an enigmatic essay, no doubt, and a good example of Heidegger’s late ocular prose style. But at its core there is quite a simple idea, we have forgotten how to dwell, or to live well with our abodes. We have started to think of homes as technological and instrumental rather than existential. In the following then I explain how Heidegger looks at how building has become separate form dwelling, what Heidegger means by the fourfold, and how Heidegger conceives of dwelling as spaces for living in. These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 11 -  Heidegger and Architecture

This week I want to explore Heidegger’s main points in his essay the "Question Concerning Technology." It is worth noting that while the essay is relatively short it can in parts be obscure. The essay devotes a lot of time to etymological exposition so as to unpack how or understanding of technology has changed throughout history. Heidegger’s primary argument is that modern technology, not technology per se, has done two things. Firstly, it obscures or makes us forget the question of Being. Secondly, modern technology also induces in humans a metaphysical transformation. This is to say it changes what we are. &nbsp; These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 10 - Heidegger and Technology

This lecture I am going to explore one of Heidegger’s first major post-Being and Time engagements. I want to look at what he has to say about the nature of art, it’s significance and what art can tell us about the mystery of Being. The first thing we should notice is Heidegger does do something quite radical in his treatment of art. In his essay “The Origin of the Work of Art” Heidegger connects art to truth. Usually, in the history of Philosophy, for reasons I will go into, art is deemed to be the poor relation of Philosophy, presented as an obfuscation of what is real. Not so for Heidegger, who thinks that art and truth are inseparable. To understand, why this is the case will be my task this week. I aim to outline what Heidegger has to say about art “The Origin of the Work of Art,” explain how Heidegger positions himself in relation to some key moments in the history of the philosophy of art, and explain what Heidegger means by the idea that art is a form of truthful unconcealment. These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 9 - Heidegger and Art

This week we examine the final chapters of Division Two of Being and Time.&nbsp;These last sections of Being and Time represent Heidegger’s effort to strengthen the concept of ecstatic temporality. From sections 72-83 Heidegger talks about the difference between history and historicality, an explanation of how ordinary time is dependent on existential-ontological time and the work concludes with a brief engagement with Hegel’s theory of time. In this lecture I want to focus on one element of these last sections, and that is the importance of history for Dasein. These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 8 - Heidegger on the Time of History

After last week’s exploration of death and demise, we get a shift in gears so to speak in sections 60-70. Here Heidegger confronts the question of temporality, the meaning of care and just what exactly is ‘anticipatory resoluteness.’ All of the concepts we have studied up to this point, present-to-hand and ready-to-hand, authenticity and inauthenticity, fear and anxiety, death and demise, truth, states-of-mind, care, are all reworked here as iterations of Dasein’s fundamental temporality. In overview, we can say these sections are important for two obvious reasons. Firstly, they round out the idea of authenticity implicit from the earliest pages of the work, and they do so through the idea of ‘anticipatory resoluteness,’ which is important for our understanding of Dasein. Secondly, they provide a full account of the temporal structure of Dasein, which is also very important. Some readings of Being and Time, especially those that focus on ‘world’ and present a pragmatic reading of the book, tend to pay little attention to Division Two and underplay the temporal analyses. This is a great shame, as in a sense they are the core of the whole book, or the point about which it turns, and in addition are highly original. These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 7: Heidegger and Time as the Meaning of Care

In division two of Being and Time Heidegger changes register somewhat. While Division One was focussed on average everydayness, and revolved around understanding Dasein as a practical, pragmatic being, in Division Two we see Heidegger offer an even more fundamental account of what constitutes the being of Dasein. In the opening sections of Division Two Heidegger engages two existential themes death and guilt, which will in turn reveal the importance of time. This engagement is necessary because it makes explicit the temporal horizons of Dasein and how meaningful possibilities may be projected. There is a sense that in Division 1 Heidegger concerned himself with more conventional questions of philosophy such as theory and practice, language, meaning, and the nature of subjectivity, in Division 2 we start to get a sense of how Heidegger is doing something startlingly original. So much so that that we will need to retroactively reconsider what occurred in Division One.<a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> We begin where we left off in Division One, with Heidegger attending to the difference between an everyday and existential-ontological conception. The subject this time though is death. These lectures are brought to you by Staffordshire University's Philosophy team. Come study on our MA in Continental Philosophy via this&nbsp;<a href="https://shows.acast.com/transcendence-and-the-body/episodes/TO%20understand%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20phenomenological%20method%20we%20need%20to%20do%20a%20couple%20of%20things.%20Firstly%20we%20need%20to%20engage%20in%20the%20steps%20of%20the%20method%20themselves.%20Husserl%20saw%20phenomenology%20as%20something%20that%20was%20available%20to%20anybody;%20it%20was%20something%20anybody%20could%20do.%20Certainly,%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20technical%20exposition%20is%20challenging,%20but%20at%20its%20core%20he%20implores%20us%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves.%20And%20to%20think%20for%20ourselves%20we%20need%20to%20look%20at%20what%20is%20under%20our%20noses,%20the%20way%20things%20appear%20to%20consciousness.%20And%20to%20do%20this%20we%20need%20to%20think%20through%20how%20things%20appear%20to%20us,%20as%20well%20as%20what%20the%20nature%20of%20those%20appearances%20disclose.%20So,%20in%20this%20lecture%20I%20want%20to%20explain%20some%20of%20the%20core%20steps%20of%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20method%20so%20as%20to%20help%20us%20get%20a%20sense%20of%20what%20phenomenology%20is%20all%20about%20it.%20To%20this%20end,%20I%20explain%20what%20Husserl%20has%20to%20say%20about%20natural%20attitude,%20bracketing,%20reduction,%20givenness,%20the%20phenomenological%20attitude%20and%20what%20it%20reveals%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20consciousness.%20In%20addition,%20I%20explain%20Husserl%E2%80%99s%20discovery%20of%20intentionality,%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20elements%20of%20phenomenology.%20%20These%20lectures%20are%20brought%20to%20you%20by%20Staffordshire%20University's%20Philosophy%20team.%20Come%20study%20on%20our%20MA%20in%20Continental%20Philosophy%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/continental-philosophy-ma.%20Or,%20join%20our%20MA%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Nature,%20Information%20and%20Technology%20via%20this%20link:%20https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma.%20Find%20out%20more%20about%20me%20here.%20January%20and%20September%20intakes%20available%20either%20F/T%20or%20P/T." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>: . Or, join our MA in Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology via this&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/course/philosophy-nature-information-technology-ma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>:. Find out more about me&nbsp;<a href="https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/patrick-oconnor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. January and September intakes available either F/T or P/T.

Lecture 6: Heidegger on Death, Demise and 'Thrown Projection'.

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