I am an undergraduate student, with perhaps too much to say (e.g., this entry), researching in the traditions of experiential study. The founding question for my philosophical mind was Heidegger's, "what is the meaning of being?". Fun, Right? A quick (2 year) trek through early 20th century metaphysics and I was feeling ever more groundless. So, I turned to epistemological questions only to find considerably less surety than in that of metaphysical inquiry. Incessantly in search of solid foundation I turned to consciousness study because I thought (and still think), if we are to understand the world, we must first understand the constituting …
I am an undergraduate student, with perhaps too much to say (e.g., this entry), researching in the traditions of experiential study. The founding question for my philosophical mind was Heidegger's, "what is the meaning of being?". Fun, Right? A quick (2 year) trek through early 20th century metaphysics and I was feeling ever more groundless. So, I turned to epistemological questions only to find considerably less surety than in that of metaphysical inquiry. Incessantly in search of solid foundation I turned to consciousness study because I thought (and still think), if we are to understand the world, we must first understand the constituting nature of our minds (and therefore our body, organism, et al.). Oh boy, I was in for it! Consciousness study is perhaps the most infantile and contrived of all philosophical enterprise. But I continue on, and am now invested in questions concerning subjectivation, intersubjectivity, method, and horizon--therefore, I arduously hack at the thick brush with my machete.