March 3rd meeting and Orgsync

[Joshua]

Hello all,

In existential-phenomenology the heavy focus on "worldhood" (i.e. the
meaning of objects necessarily involves a relationship with a human
experiencer) is seemingly focused on adult humans (Heidegger even
explicitly denies to animals); however, children, animals, ancient
cultures, hunter/gatherers, and madmen too have consciousness and must
have a world disclosed to them, so how can we understand this
phenomenologically?

This week we are going to discuss the implications of animal life on a
phenomenological worldview by discussing a short essay written for
French public radio by Merleau-Ponty entitled, "Exploring the World of
Perception: Animal Life". The essay is in a book entitled World of
Perception, which can also be found here
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26964655/Mεᴙleau-Ponty-World-of-Pεrcεption-2004
(begins text page number 69/online page number 80).

So please read the article--a quick read I promise--and join us March
3rd at 5PM in King Center 320.

FYI: We are transitioning to Orgsync.com, so please sign up for an
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Consider using your school email (which you can forward anywhere) to
sign up for this--some things beyond our club require it. This the way
the school handles all club related events and we must have a profile,
etc. The google groups will continue to be active for a few more
weeks, but after we will stop sending out announcements through it.

--Josh