Why Existentialist Phenomenology throws the Epistemology of Existentialism and phenomenology into doubt?
April 12th 2007 16:43
Epistemology sees these two branches of thinking as vital in determining the knowledge of existence and being. It is for this reason, why phenomenologist’s and existentialist’s support Epistemology in its quest for knowledge. But then there is existentialist phenomenology that originated from Martin Heidegger which throws the whole premise for Epistemology’s support for existentialism and phenomenology into doubt. That is because this strand believes that the ontology of being itself exceeds the study of knowledge. Hence existence and being becomes before the existence of knowledge. Thus ‘Being’ itself becomes before the being of knowledge. So where does that leave the Existentialist or the phenomenologist’s in a state of disarray specifically for epistemology itself. This because the quest for knowledge is challenged through the premise of being That is despite their differences they both support Epistemology's quest for knowledge irrelevant of whether being is an individual existence(Existentialism) or social phenomena(Phenomenology).
So according to existentialist phenomenology therefore I exist before the knowledge exists and my being exists before that knowledge is established. Which is in a direct challenge to existence being predetermined through the existence of knowledge.
So according to existentialist phenomenology therefore I exist before the knowledge exists and my being exists before that knowledge is established. Which is in a direct challenge to existence being predetermined through the existence of knowledge.
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