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Fenomenologia nieprzygotowania. Traktat o życiu niewydarzonym – analiza dygresyjna
The Phenomenology of Unpreparedness

Author(s): Tadeusz Bartoś
Subject(s): Contemporary Philosophy, Phenomenology, Ontology
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: mood; thinking; delight; boredom; nausea; being in between

Summary/Abstract: Mood is the beginning of thinking – we can glean this idea from the writings of Martin Heidegger. The mood of the explorer influences that which reaches him or her. Awe, amazement, trepidation, boredom – a variety of moods that are not a feeling or an emotion, but a cognitive manner of man’s being. Moods introducing man to a separate way of being in the world include also that of being unprepared. Being unprepared, not ready, inspires a peculiar manner of existence, somewhere in-between, without clear contours, without determination, poorly timed. The phenomenology of unpreparedness brings one into the very centre of a distinctive experiencing of life.

  • Issue Year: 346/2024
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 78-85
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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