How do you actually DO Philosophy – PhD reads Heidegger

Описание: In this episode of Empyreon, we stop talking about philosophy and start practicing it. And we are going to do it by tackling one of the most notoriously difficult thinkers in history: Martin Heidegger.

Using a specific text from his lectures on Kant, we will learn how to look at the world through a "phenomenological" lens. We’ll strip away the layers of Science, Psychology, and Technology to discover the hidden presuppositions that rule our lives without us even knowing it.

In this video, we cover:

1. The Ontological Difference: Why we keep confusing "things" with "Being."
2. The Hidden Assumptions of Science: What does Physics actually take for granted?
3. Heidegger’s "Comportment": Why knowledge isn't a collection of facts, but a way of standing in the world.
4. Technology as a Trap: Why we see nature as a gas station for our needs.
5. Existence vs. Extance: Why a table is just "there," but you exist.

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