TY - JOUR

T1 - Existential aspect of Being: Interpreting J. P. Sartre’s Philosophy

AU - Kuzin, Ivan V.

AU - Drikker, Alexander S.

AU - Makovetsky, Eugene A.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The article discusses rationalistic and existential approaches to the problem of existence. The comparison of Sartre’s pre-reflective cogito and Descartes’ reflective cogito makes it possible to define how Sartre’s thought moves from the thing to consciousness and from consciousness to the thing. At the same time, in Being and Nothingness Sartre does not only define the existence of the thing in its passivity—which in many respects corresponds to Descartes’ philosophy, but also as an open orientation towards consciousness, the latter concept not being fully developed by him. This statement may be regarded as a hidden component of Sartre’s key thesis about the role of the Other in the verification of our existence. The most important factor in understanding this is the concept of the look. Detailed analysis of Sartre’s theses in Being and Nothingness enables us to demonstrate that the concept of the look makes it possible to consider the identity of being-in-itself and being-for-itself (consciousness).

AB - The article discusses rationalistic and existential approaches to the problem of existence. The comparison of Sartre’s pre-reflective cogito and Descartes’ reflective cogito makes it possible to define how Sartre’s thought moves from the thing to consciousness and from consciousness to the thing. At the same time, in Being and Nothingness Sartre does not only define the existence of the thing in its passivity—which in many respects corresponds to Descartes’ philosophy, but also as an open orientation towards consciousness, the latter concept not being fully developed by him. This statement may be regarded as a hidden component of Sartre’s key thesis about the role of the Other in the verification of our existence. The most important factor in understanding this is the concept of the look. Detailed analysis of Sartre’s theses in Being and Nothingness enables us to demonstrate that the concept of the look makes it possible to consider the identity of being-in-itself and being-for-itself (consciousness).

KW - Sartre

KW - rationalism

KW - existentialism

KW - thing

KW - being

KW - the look

KW - existence

KW - nothingness

KW - consciousness

KW - the Other

M3 - Article

VL - 8

SP - 222

EP - 234

JO - Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

JF - Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

SN - 0975-2935

IS - 1

ER -