Reductionist interpretations of human experience: From modernity to postmodernity Cover Image

Reductionist interpretations of human experience: From modernity to postmodernity
Reductionist interpretations of human experience: From modernity to postmodernity

Author(s): Vilma Šliužaitė
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: žmogiškoji patirtis; santykis tarp patiriančio subjekto ir patiriamo objekto; „patirtis be subjekto“; human experience; the relationship between the experiencing subject and experienced object; experience without the subject

Summary/Abstract: Žmogiškosios patirties klausimas yra antropologinis pačia savo esme. Tiksliau, integralios žmogaus vizijos prara-dimas neišvengiamai veda į redukcionistinę patirties sampratą. Šio straipsnio tikslas – pateikti patirties filosofinės sampratos istorinė apžvalgą, siekiant parodyti, kad Rene Descarteso filosofijos sufomuluotos proto / kūno, subjekto / objekto ir aš / kitas dichotomijos turėjo didžiulę įtaką filosofinei antropologijai ir paskatino žmoniškosios patirties redukcionistinės interpretacijas. Jei modernistai, kuriems įtaką darė dekartiškasis dualistinis asmens su-vokimas, nuasmenina patirtį ir redukuoja ją į jutiminio patyrimo, proto ar sąmonės fabrikatą, tai postmodernis - tai pristato vadinamąją „patirties be subjekto“ sampratą. The question of human experience is essentially anthropological in its nature. That is to say, the loss of the integral vision of man inevitably leads to the reduction of the notion of experience. The aim of this article is to present a historical outline of the philosophical conception of experience seeking to demonstrate that by conceiving of dichotomies of mind-body, subject-object, and self-other, Rene Descartes has made a tremendous influence on the philosophical anthropology and opened the door to reductionist interpretations of human experience. Under the influence of Cartesian dualism, modernists depersonalize experience, reducing it to the product of sense perception, reason, or consciousness, while postmodernists present the concept of so-called experience without the subject.

  • Issue Year: 73/2013
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 21-37
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English