The seminar instructor is a millenial.
Historical approach; ‘best hits’ of phenomenology. Need fundamental building blocks in place before one can branch out and apply the method elsewhere.
‘It’s a moral sin to waste time; I don’t want to be wasting your time here.’
Husserl → Heidegger → Arendt → Sartre → Marcel (half of instructor’s dissertation) → Ricoeur (second half of instructor’s dissertation) → Derrida.
[he really is a millenial] (about to ask people to introduce themselves) “If you’re a classic introvert like I am…”
Robert Lisowski; grew up in Scranton, PA. Did his BA in NYC, Philosophy & Psychology; theology in Notre-Dame, worked there for a few years before moving here. Past june completed ReMA, working on doctorate ‘historical and thematic connections between marcel and ricoeur’; final chapter is discussion on ‘companion’ AI ← last chapter so probably won’t write it for 2 more years. Works with Wolff. He’s also a catholic priest; he’s a chaplain at the american college.
How would you define Philosophy?
Philosophy is a rigorous approach to thinking; thinking about anything, whether power, language, ontology, metaphysics, …
The pursuit of structured arguments, whether obscure or clear.
How would you define Phenomenology?
The return to a study of the ‘objects themselves,’ defined narrowly as intentional objects and intentionality itself, and the process by which they may or may not be related.