World, Knowledge, and Action

Being and Nothingness

This thread tracks the progression from the for-itself's negation of being to its practical organization of a world.

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Knowledge as Presence Knowledge as Presence from "Being and Nothingness". Knowledge as Presence A Relation of Being Knowing is not a bridge built between two already isolated substances.

Knowledge as Presence from "Being and Nothingness". Knowledge as Presence A Relation of Being Knowing is not a bridge built between two already isolated substances.

Knowledge as Presence A Relation of Being Knowing is not a bridge built between two already isolated substances. It is the for-itself's presence to what it is not. Consequence The known remains full being; the knower is the negation through which that being is disclosed.

The World as Totality The World as Totality from "Being and Nothingness". The World as Totality The This and the Whole A particular thing appears against a ground of being.

The World as Totality from "Being and Nothingness". The World as Totality The This and the Whole A particular thing appears against a ground of being.

The World as Totality The This and the Whole A particular thing appears against a ground of being. The for-itself's negation makes both the figure and the world-as-totality possible. Limits The world is neither an independent container nor a subjective construction. It is the correlate of a detotalized totality.

Quality and Abstraction Quality and Abstraction from "Being and Nothingness". Quality and Abstraction Qualities as Being A quality is not a private impression attached to an object.

Quality and Abstraction from "Being and Nothingness". Quality and Abstraction Qualities as Being A quality is not a private impression attached to an object.

Quality and Abstraction Qualities as Being A quality is not a private impression attached to an object. It is the thing's presence revealed in a particular profile. Future Meaning Abstraction appears as a meaning-to-come, disclosed through the for-itself's future projects rather than extracted from a completed object.

Instruments and Tasks Instruments and Tasks from "Being and Nothingness". Instruments and Tasks Practical World Things appear within networks of use, reference, and task.

Instruments and Tasks from "Being and Nothingness". Instruments and Tasks Practical World Things appear within networks of use, reference, and task.

Instruments and Tasks Practical World Things appear within networks of use, reference, and task. Their relations disclose what can be done without becoming properties created by consciousness. Endless Reference Each instrument points to another and the chain does not explain its ultimate purpose. The meaning of the whole becomes visible only through reflection.

Beyond Idealism and Realism Beyond Idealism and Realism from "Being and Nothingness". Beyond Idealism and Realism The Human World Knowledge adds no substance to being, yet the for-itself makes being appear as a world.

Beyond Idealism and Realism from "Being and Nothingness". Beyond Idealism and Realism The Human World Knowledge adds no substance to being, yet the for-itself makes being appear as a world.

Beyond Idealism and Realism The Human World Knowledge adds no substance to being, yet the for-itself makes being appear as a world. The world is disclosed through a human relation that is itself real. The Next Problem The account now turns to the Other, whose existence cannot be reduced to an object within my experience.

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section I

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section II

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section III

Part Two, Chapter Three, Section III, after the account of potentiality

Part Two, Chapter Three, concluding section