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Today’s Objectives:1. Explain the concepts of consciousness, essence and Being.2. Differentiate between Associative and Cognitive Awareness.3. Existential intelligence versus Existentialism.

You’re the Singer by Bernie Leadon & Michael Georgiades

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Selective AttentionAssociative vs. Cognitive Awareness

Our conscious awareness processes only a small part of all that we experience. We

intuitively make use of the information we are not consciously aware of.

Inattentional blindness refers to the inability to see an object or a person in our midst.

Passing the Basketball

Change Blindness

Change blindness is a form of inattentionalblindness in which two-thirds of individuals

giving directions failed to notice a change in the individual asking for directions.

© 1998 Psychonomic Society Inc. Image provided courtesy of Daniel J. Simmons. The Door Study

What animates

the body?

E = mc2

Existentialism deals with intense Theological (Religious Study) and

Ontological (Study of Being), as well as Epistemological (Study of

Knowledge) issues.

ANDREW WYETH

Christina’s World (1948)

A complex philosophy emphasizing the absurdity of

reality and the human responsibility to make choices

and accept consequences!

Despite encompassing a huge range of philosophical, religious, and political ideologies, the underlying concepts of existentialism are simple…

Existence Precedes EssenceExistentialism is the title of the set of philosophical ideals

that emphasize the existence of the human being, the lack

of meaning and purpose in life, and the solitude of human

existence… “Existence precedes essence” implies that

the human being has no essence (no essential self).

Cogito Ergo Sum

The WaiterThe Young Woman

A)Existence precedes essence (hence the name

“existentialism”): there are no or pre-existing conditions

that guide or determine man’s behavior or essence.

B)Leads to the “absurd condition” man seeks meaning

in a meaningless world (universe unconscious of our

existence).

C)Man is condemned to be free. Leads to modern

despair from man’s overwhelming sense of

responsibility and recognition of his fundamental

aloneness in an indifferent universe.

D)The artist/existentialist achieves meaningful

happiness by facing the pain and still affirming life.

The End of the World

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

“It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. Could it be, on the contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning?”

A box full of nothing*

*Actual nothing may differ.

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