Heidegger Concepts
This term refers to Heidegger's concept of human existence as "being-there."
What is Dasein?
Heidegger argues that these are fundamental ways in which Dasein experiences and discloses its Being-in-the-world.
What are Moods (Stimmungen)?
This is the first theorist we studied who recommended controlling the emotions with reason.
Who is Plato?
Heidegger's critique of this philosophical tradition involves rejecting the separation of mind and body.
What is Cartesian Dualism?
This term describes the broader existential condition that includes moods as part of how Dasein is always already situated in the world.
What is Attunement (Befindlichkeit)?
This school of Ancient Philosophy argued that we are causally determined but our inner state was up to us.
Who were the Stoics?
This term describes the fundamental structure of Dasein, involving concern and involvement in the world.
What is Care (Sorge)?
Heidegger suggests that this type of mood is not directed at specific entities but reveals the world itself and our ownmost Being-in-the-world.
What is Anxiety (Angst)?
This person is the most famous dualist, arguing that mind and body are two distinct substances.
Who is Descartes?
Heidegger uses this term to describe the fact that humans are always already situated in a particular context without having chosen it.
What is Thrownness (Geworfenheit)?
According to Heidegger, this process involves recognizing and navigating moods by fostering alternative emotional states.
What is Mastery of Moods through Counter-Moods?
These two theorist initially worked together and both asserted unconscious factors in our emotions and thought.
Who were Freud and Jung?
This concept refers to living in accordance with one's true self, as opposed to conforming to societal norms.
What is Authenticity?
Heidegger's concept of this emphasizes that moods are not just internal states but ways of being attuned to the world.
What is Non-Subjective Nature of Moods?
This theorist asserted that moral theories justify pre-existing emotional predilections, which are expressions of our will to power.
Who is Nietzsche?