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Spiral in art
Lucas, Nathalie ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Goddard, Jean-Christophe (referee)
Title : The spiral in art. Aesthetic, ethical and political aspects. Abstract : In this work, we built up a collection of the different works of art in which the spiral form appears, in order to seize the symbolic meaning associated to this form particularly recurrent in Occidental art. We analysed its metamorphoses in different arts -architecture, painting, music, film, etc. - and its different roles, from its apparently ornamental role in the Ionic order, to its more immediately conceptually-loaded role in Renaissance painting or Baroque architecture: the comparison of these occurrences of the spiral in art led us to put into light a shift in the way men looked at nature, the Greek artists electing the spiral because of its sober regularity, the Renaissance painters or the Baroque architects putting emphasis on a power, characteristic of the logarithmic spiral, to evoke « nature's » prodigality in the display of forms - the spiral being only one among them - and the mysterious, to some men and artists even miraculous, character of the appearance of life and the growth of living beings. We therefore focused on the study of the motives that appeal on this symbolic in art. We were particularly interested in the motif of the shell, its many variations leading us from the cornucopia and the representations of...
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Computational Worlds: An Information Ontology
Mullins, Ryan David ; Gabriel, Markus (advisor) ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (referee)
Ryan D. Mullins Computational Worlds: An Information Ontology Abstract of the Master-Thesis In this thesis, 'the world', that unified, all-encompassing domain about which we speak and make apparent discoveries every day will be declared another mythology. Instead, reality will look radically different. Reality comprises distortive, aesthetic simulations. The reality that will emerge will be a computational reality, a metaphysical pluralism in which actuality and possibility vie and vex, ultimately 'collapsing' into unified information states. This is a philosophy of the transfinite; more negatively, an anti-Kantian, anti-monistic philosophy. The author seeks nothing less than a new prism through which to view traditional philosophical problems and, in the best-case scenario, create possible solutions.
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Horizon as Limit: About the Critique of Phenomenality of Being in Early Heidegger
Otagiri, Kentaro ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Sakai, Kiyoshi (referee)
of the Master Thesis "Horizont als Grenze: Zur Kritik der Phänomenalität des Seins beim frühen Heidegger" Student: Kentarō OTAGIRI Master Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophie The intention of the Master Thesis is the critique of the phenomenality of being as a phenomenon in the horizontal thinking in early Heidegger, particularly in the context of his fundamental ontology. This is about the limit of the horizon for the phenomenon of being and of the limit of the thinking. This raises the question: What is the limit of the horizon for the being as a phenomenon and for the thinking? This problem is investigated through the conflict between the phenomenological-hermeneutical thinking of Heidegger and the thinking of dimensionality of life in Yoshihiro Nitta. Key words: M. Heidegger, Y. Nitta, horizon, limit, phenomenology, ontology, hermeneutics, Being and Time, Kantbuch.
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Necessity of the fourth part of "Thus spoke Zarathustra"
Murakami, Naoko ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Joisten, Karen (referee)
The purpose of this paper is to examine a question whether the fourth part of "Thus spoke Zarathsutra" is necessary through checking "Thus spoke Zarathustra," Nietzsche's statement from other works, and the letters which Nietzsche wrote. In this paper, I define the fourth part of "Thus spoke Zarathustra" as comedy, and analyze the reason why the fourth part should be the last part. This paper handles the process that "Zarathustra" overcomes himself with the help of the laughter in the fourth part. Moreover, this paper proposes the importance of the two gods, Dionysos and Apollon, whose presence is inevitable for the appearance of laughter, and discusses the relation between the gods and laughter. Keywords Nietzsche, comedy, tragedy, Dionysos, Apollon, laughter, "Thus spoke Zarathustra"
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The Concept of "Autonomy of Reason" in the Philosophy of the Enlightenment by Ernst Cassirer: A Review of a Classical Work in the Light of the New Literature.
Arriola, Jonathan ; Zapero, David (advisor) ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (referee)
In this Master's thesis, I propose to first investigate the existence of this autonomy of reason, which Cassirer postulates as a differentia specifica of enlightenment against other epochs, and which articulates this entire flow. Secondly, the critique of Cassirer's work and its truth content will be examined more closely. In order to make this project feasible, I will focus, among others, on Jonathan Israel's depiction of Enlightenment, and his idea, according to which two irreconcilable explanations have been given, is a concept which Cassirer himself was altogether alien to. Cassirer, Enlightenment, Reason, Autonomy, Jonathan Israel.
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Phenomenology of the Mediation in Husserl and Fink
Ikeda, Yusuke ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Tani, Toru (referee)
Title: Phenomenology of mediality in Husserl and Fink - Fink's implicit criticism on Husserl's transcendental Phenomenology in "Presentification and Image" and "VI. Cartesian Meditation" Summary: Our study is devoted to the task of showing, on the basis of Fink's early works, that Fink's account of transcendental phenomenology could be considered not as a simple elaboration of Husserlian projects, but as its prolongation which presupposes Fink's internal criticisms on Husserl's central conceptions. Fink's criticism could be summarized in the following two points: a.) Husserl's account of the transcendental constitution and theory of evidence is operated by a naïve theoretical assumption of the priority of certain modes of the experiencing (for example, perception) to other modes (for example, consciousness of image, phantasy). According to the early Fink, both modes of experiencing are mediated into each other. b.) Husserl's method of transcendental phenomenological reduction lacks the ontological reflection on the status of the transcendental subjectivity, because Husserl tends to ignore the very question of Fink's VI. Cartesian meditation -what makes possible the phenomenologising itself, what is the medium of phenomenologising? Our reflection on Fink's criticisms makes possible a new philosophical...
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Indirect Approach of Phenomenological Interpretation. Interpretation of Historical Philosophy in the Phenomenology
Kononetc, Daria ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Chernavin, Georgy (referee)
This work questions the concept of method of phenomenological Interpretation. In the present work we consider phenomenological interpretation as an essential part of phenomenology, and more precise as a detour approach that illuminates passive-governing domain which itself is a blind spot that hasn't been grasped by a reflective thinking. According to such formulation of a problem, here we study conditions of the possibility of a realization of phenomenological approach to philosophical texts treatment. Method of phenomenological interpretation is studied by means of explanation of the role, aiming and results of interpretations made by M. Heidegger, E. Husserl and E. Fink. Keywords: Phenomenology, E. Husserl, M. Heidegger, E. Fink, phenomenological interpretation, subjectivity, Kant-Book, The Crisis of the European Sciences, The Epilegomena to critic of the pure reason, method, subjectivity, historicity, text, limit.
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A phenomenological view of colour
Zhu, Pingbo ; Sepp, Hans Rainer (advisor) ; Novotný, Karel (referee)
Masterthesis Eine phänomenologische Betrachtung der Farbe A phenomenological view of colour Pingbo Zhu Every colour theory begs a space theory. A main aim of the space theory is to catch the core of knowledge: through knowing something we can know the world outside of us. This thesis is to illustrate a different way of defining colour by introducing a phenomenological way of talking about space. This question will thus be answered: why is colour a quality of an object and at the same time a content of sensation of subject? Thus a solution probably is that colour is a phenomenological bridge of objects and subjects. Some philosophers, who hold a standpoint of physicalism may argue that all mental states and activities can be reduced thoroughly to physical states and activities. Another claim would be that all sensations are the results of the activities of brain nerves. But in the following paragraphs I will analyse why a colour theory with the standpoint of physicalism cannot explain away colour. A phenomenological view of colour will therefore emphasize the necessity of the independence of mental activities, in other words, sensations and perceptions, which give rise to a better explanation of colour.
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