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Being and nothingness : an essay on phenomenological ontology /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Great Britain J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd 1986Description: xliii, 638 pages : 21 cmDDC classification:
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Contents:
Table of Contents Translator's Preface...vii Introduction by Mary Warnock...viii INTRODUCTION The Pursuit of Being...xxi THE PROBLEM OF NOTHINGNESS Chapter One. The Origin of Negation...3 1. The question...3 II. Negations...6 III. The Dialectical Concept of Nothingness...12 IV. The Phenomenological Concept of Nothingness...16 V. The Origin of Nothingness...21 Chapter Two. Bad Faith...47 İ. Bad Faith and Falsehood...47 II. Patterns of Bad Faith...55 III. The "Faith" of Bad Faith...67 PART TWO BEING-FOR-ITSELF Chapter One. Immediate Structures of the For-Itself 73 Ì. Presence to Self...73 II. The Facticity of the For-Itself...79 III. The For-Itself and the Being of Value...84 IV., The For-Itself and the Being of Possibilities...95 V. The Self and the Circuit of Selfness...102 Chapter Two. Temporality...107 İ. Phenomenology of the Three Temporal Dimensions...107 II. The Ontology of Temporality...130 II. Original Temporality and Psychic Temporality: Refection...150 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Three. Transcendence...171 I. Knowledge as a Type of Relation Between the For Itself and the Itself....172 II. Determination as Negation...180 III. Quality and Quantity Potentiality, Instrumentality...186 IV. The Time of the World...204 V. Knowledge...216 PART THREE BEING-for others Chapter One. The Existence of Others...221 Ì. The Problem...221 II. The Reef of Solipsism...223 III. Husserl, Hegel, Heidegger...233 IV. The Look...252 Chapter Two. The Body...303 I. The Body as Being-For-Itself: Facticity...306 II. The Body-For-Others...339 III. The Third Ontological Dimension of the Body...351 Chapter Three. Concrete Relations With Others...361 I. First Attitude Toward Others: Love, Language, Masochism...364 II. Second Attitude Toward Others: Indifference, Desire, Hate, Sadism...379 III. "Being-With" (Mitsein) and the "We"...413 PART FOUR Having, Doing and Being Chapter One. Being and Doing: Freedom...433 İ. Freedom: The First Condition of Action...433 II. Freedom and Facticity: The Situation...481 I. Freedom and Responsibility...553 Chapter Two. Doing and Having...557 İ. Existential Psychoanalysis...557 II. "Doing" and "Having" Possession...575 II. Quality as a Revelation of Being...600 CONCLUSION I. In-Itself and For-Itself: Metaphysical Implications...617 II. Ethical Implications 625 Key to Special Terminology...629 Index...637 631
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Table of Contents

Translator's Preface...vii
Introduction by Mary Warnock...viii

INTRODUCTION

The Pursuit of Being...xxi

THE PROBLEM OF NOTHINGNESS
Chapter One. The Origin of Negation...3
1. The question...3
II. Negations...6
III. The Dialectical Concept of Nothingness...12
IV. The Phenomenological Concept of Nothingness...16
V. The Origin of Nothingness...21

Chapter Two. Bad Faith...47
İ. Bad Faith and Falsehood...47
II. Patterns of Bad Faith...55
III. The "Faith" of Bad Faith...67

PART TWO
BEING-FOR-ITSELF
Chapter One. Immediate Structures of the For-Itself 73
Ì. Presence to Self...73
II. The Facticity of the For-Itself...79
III. The For-Itself and the Being of Value...84
IV., The For-Itself and the Being of Possibilities...95
V. The Self and the Circuit of Selfness...102
Chapter Two. Temporality...107
İ. Phenomenology of the Three Temporal Dimensions...107
II. The Ontology of Temporality...130
II. Original Temporality and Psychic Temporality: Refection...150

vi TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Three. Transcendence...171
I. Knowledge as a Type of Relation Between the For Itself and the Itself....172
II. Determination as Negation...180
III. Quality and Quantity Potentiality, Instrumentality...186
IV. The Time of the World...204
V. Knowledge...216
PART THREE
BEING-for others
Chapter One. The Existence of Others...221
Ì. The Problem...221
II. The Reef of Solipsism...223
III. Husserl, Hegel, Heidegger...233
IV. The Look...252

Chapter Two. The Body...303

I. The Body as Being-For-Itself: Facticity...306
II. The Body-For-Others...339
III. The Third Ontological Dimension of the Body...351

Chapter Three. Concrete Relations With Others...361
I. First Attitude Toward Others: Love, Language, Masochism...364
II. Second Attitude Toward Others: Indifference, Desire, Hate, Sadism...379
III. "Being-With" (Mitsein) and the "We"...413

PART FOUR
Having, Doing and Being
Chapter One. Being and Doing: Freedom...433
İ. Freedom: The First Condition of Action...433
II. Freedom and Facticity: The Situation...481
I. Freedom and Responsibility...553
Chapter Two. Doing and Having...557
İ. Existential Psychoanalysis...557
II. "Doing" and "Having" Possession...575
II. Quality as a Revelation of Being...600

CONCLUSION
I. In-Itself and For-Itself: Metaphysical Implications...617
II. Ethical Implications 625

Key to Special Terminology...629
Index...637
631

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