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Episode #100 ... Heidegger pt. 1 - Phenomenology and Dasein

Philosophize This!

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What Does It Mean to Be a Human Being?

Ontology is a branch of philosophy that would ask the question, what does it mean to be a human being? Ontology also asks questions about existence. At what point does something exist versus not exist? Are thoughts just patterns of fleeting electro chemical activity? Or do thoughts exist as beings in the same way that a goat is a being or a rock is being?

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