Bachelard and the Adversity of Things

Being and Nothingness

This thread follows the acknowledgment that objects resist action, while insisting that resistance becomes meaningful only within projects.

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Resistance Appears Resistance Appears from "Being and Nothingness". Resistance Appears Obstacles in Use A bolt may not fit, a tool may fail, or a path may prove too steep. The world offers resistance to projects.

Resistance Appears from "Being and Nothingness". Resistance Appears Obstacles in Use A bolt may not fit, a tool may fail, or a path may prove too steep. The world offers resistance to projects.

Resistance Appears Obstacles in Use A bolt may not fit, a tool may fail, or a path may prove too steep. The world offers resistance to projects. Relational Meaning Resistance is not a private sensation. It is encountered through the relation between an instrumental thing and an intended task.

Project Before Adversity Project Before Adversity from "Being and Nothingness". Project Before Adversity End and Situation The same rock can obstruct a climb or provide a useful viewpoint. The chosen end makes its resistance intelligible.

Project Before Adversity from "Being and Nothingness". Project Before Adversity End and Situation The same rock can obstruct a climb or provide a useful viewpoint. The chosen end makes its resistance intelligible.

Project Before Adversity End and Situation The same rock can obstruct a climb or provide a useful viewpoint. The chosen end makes its resistance intelligible. Freedom The for-itself does not invent the rock, but it determines whether the rock appears as obstacle, aid, or irrelevant presence.

No Absolute Obstacle No Absolute Obstacle from "Being and Nothingness". No Absolute Obstacle Variable Limits An obstacle for one person may not be one for another.

No Absolute Obstacle from "Being and Nothingness". No Absolute Obstacle Variable Limits An obstacle for one person may not be one for another.

No Absolute Obstacle Variable Limits An obstacle for one person may not be one for another. Its coefficient depends on the person's body, skill, ends, and situation. Concrete Freedom Freedom acts only in a resisting world, but the resistance has meaning only within a free project.

The Given as Situation The Given as Situation from "Being and Nothingness". The Given as Situation Not Subjective or Objective Alone A situation combines facticity with a freely chosen end.

The Given as Situation from "Being and Nothingness". The Given as Situation Not Subjective or Objective Alone A situation combines facticity with a freely chosen end.

The Given as Situation Not Subjective or Objective Alone A situation combines facticity with a freely chosen end. Neither side can be removed without losing the phenomenon. Responsibility The person is responsible for the meaning of the situation while not being the foundation of the brute facts it contains.

Freedom's Resistant World Freedom's Resistant World from "Being and Nothingness". Freedom's Resistant World Conditions of Action Without independent existents there would be nothing to change and no meaningful action.

Freedom's Resistant World from "Being and Nothingness". Freedom's Resistant World Conditions of Action Without independent existents there would be nothing to change and no meaningful action.

Freedom's Resistant World Conditions of Action Without independent existents there would be nothing to change and no meaningful action. Resistance is required for freedom to act. Reciprocal Dependence Freedom reveals the world as resistant, while the world provides the field in which freedom becomes concrete.

Part Two, Chapter Three, discussion of instrumentality

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, discussion of adversity

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, synthesis

Part Four, Chapter One, discussion of the world and adversity