In this thesis I will show that the mood of anxiety has a very significant role in Heidegger's Sein und Zeit. Anxiety is that specific mood which opens Dasein for the nothing that constitutes his...Show moreIn this thesis I will show that the mood of anxiety has a very significant role in Heidegger's Sein und Zeit. Anxiety is that specific mood which opens Dasein for the nothing that constitutes his being. It is this nothing that enables Heidegger to criticize the Aristotelean concept of time and to suggest a more primordial concept of time.Show less
In the last decade or so, more and more evidence has accumulated to support an enactivist theory of mind. Such a theory has great consequences for how we view the mind and thus also how we view the...Show moreIn the last decade or so, more and more evidence has accumulated to support an enactivist theory of mind. Such a theory has great consequences for how we view the mind and thus also how we view the mind’s malfunctions; mental disorders. A new way of looking at mental disorders within the framework of enactivism means to see a mental disorder not just as a brain malfunction, but as a disorder in the subjects being-in-the-world; meaning the interaction between brain, body and world. The author explores what such a view would be and what consequences this would have for understanding, diagnosing and treating mental illness.Show less
