Immanence via Heidegger: Critique of Descartes I & II

We return to our overview of 20th century German philosopher Martin Heidegger. In the words of author Chang Chung-Yuan, "Heidegger is the only Western Philosopher who not only intellectually understands but has intuitively grasped Taoist thought." Heidegger's break from the Platonic tradition later influenced such continental philosophers as Derrida and Merleau-Ponty.

The lectures of Hubert Dreyfus, professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, are now available by podcast and mp3 download. This includes his Fall 2007 course, on Heidegger's Being and Time. From the course Web site:

"One of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century, Being and Time is both a systematization of the existential insights of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenological account of intentionality. What results is an original interpretation of the human condition leading to an account of the nature and limitations of philosophical and scientific theory. This account has important implications for all those disciplines that study human beings."

In advance of our discussion, please listen to the first two lectures, from September 18 and 20, 2007, entitled "Critique of Descartes I" and "Critique of Descartes II", respectively. The lectures, and a link to the course Web site, can be found here:

http://webcast.berkel...