Definitions
Transcendent
What is beyond; beyond consciousness?
(Sartre)
Page 31 in Sartre, page 31 in Spade.
Possibility, legitimacy. Does not mean ____ in a logical sense.
What is validity?
page 32 in Sarte, pg 31 in Spade.
How is Sarte's view on Me is different from the psych's view?
What is: Me or the ego exists on the reflective level, psych believes it's in the unreflected level?
What is the typo in the following quote: "Indeed, such an I is not the object (since by hypothesis the I is inner); nor is it an I of consciousness, since it is something for consciousness."
page 41 in Sarte
What is I that is supposed to be Me?
Page 41 in Sarte, page 34 in Spade.
Transcendental
What is inside consciousness; inhabitant of consciousness?
(Kant/Husserl)
Page 31 in Sartre, page 31 in Spade.
Puts before itself
What is positional?
page 41 in Sarte, page 33 in Spade.
How does Sarte disagree with Kant's statement that the transcendental ego (the I for Sartre) must be able to accompany all of our representations?
What is: Sarte does not believe that it needs to in fact.
pages 32-34 in Sarte.
Performing any recollection in the personal mode, and at once the I appears.
What are reflective acts of consciousness?
page 43 in Sarte, page 34 in Spade.
Performing any recollection in the personal mode, and at once the I appears.
What are reflective acts of consciousness?
page 43 in Sarte, page 34 in Spade.
What is Sarte's definition of consciousness?
What is: “Indeed, the existence of consciousness is an absolute because consciousness is consciousness of itself”?
page 40 in Sarte.
Unity within duration
What is: Both Husserl and Sarte concur that acts of consciousness are linked together in time to account for memory and expectation?
page 38 in Sarte, page 33 in Spade.
Unification of consciousness differs how between Sarte and Husserl?
What is... Sarte: acts of consciousness do not need to be tied together at the subject end by a transcendental ego.
Husserl thinks they should be tied.
page 38 in Sarte, page 33 in Spade.
What is "it" referring to?
“nor is it an I of consciousness, since it is something for consciousness”
What is transcendental ego?
page 41 in Sarte
Material ego, psyche, psychological ego, unity of states and qualities
What is Me?
page 32 in Sarte.
How does Sarte define unreflective consciousness?
What is consciousness that posits and grasps an object outside of itself while also being non-positionally conscious: “Consciousness knows itself only as absolute inwardness”?
page 41 in Sarte.
Which two philosophers concur that we need to move into the in fact?
Who are Sarte and Husserl?
Page 34-37 in Sarte.
What is the distinction between Husserl's TE's three functions when compared to Sarte?
What is ...
Sarte states one can accomplish unification and individuality without TE.
pages 37-40 in Sarte.
Transcendental I is the death of consciousness.
What is the transcendental ego is not only NOT needed but it is also impossible.
page 40 in Sarte, page 33 in Spade.
Unity of actions, transcendental ego,
What is the I?
page 32 in Sarte.
How does Sarte define reflective consciousness?
What is consciousness that posits itself as the object of its intentionality, while also containing a non-positional consciousness of absolute inwardness?
page 45 in Sarte.
How does Sarte solve the infinite regress problem?
Direct quote can work
What is: “All reflecting consciousness is, indeed, in itself unreflected, and a new act of third degree is necessary in order to posit it…a consciousness has no need at all of a reflecting consciousness in order to be conscious of itself.”
page 45 in Sarte.
How does Sarte define every act of consciousness?
What is: For Sarte, every act of consciousness is both a positional consciousness of an object and non-positional consciousness of itself.
Reading a story example in Spade: when I am completely absorbed in a book, I am conscious of the story as an object: the only object of my consciousness. I'm also in a sense consciousness of myself, of my awareness of the story.
According to Sarte, these two acts are not distinct acts of consciousnesses. Two sides of one and the same act.
page 41 in Sarte, page 33-34 in Spade