31 Aug Naturalizing Phenomenology,
In his article, “Naturalizing Phenomenology,” Ted Toadvine uses a phenomenological analysis of human experience as the subjective ground through which the world appears as [knowable] object–the very cause of such experience–to support the idea that “the world thinks itself in me, and values itself through me, and it is also true that I am the site of nature’s self-desire.” Although we may not be able to construct an ethical code from this self-desire of nature, this “call of the il y a,” or the “call of what there is [nature? the wild?],” claims that “the basis for ethical behavior–as for all volition–must be sought in that call and the response it receives in our own bodies and minds.” Do you agree with his view? Why or why not?
