Post by miluska7 on Dec 9, 2017 20:22:09 GMT
Schneider's point
Review Butt’s description of Schneider, the World War I veteran who lost the ability to locate himself in time and space (original description pp. 98/99). What point is Butt trying to make about the self by his reference to Schneider in relation to the concept of the existential self (pp. 130/131)?
The point that Butt is trying to make about the self by his reference to Schneider, is that the existential self does not exist as a dualistic approach, as was conceived by Descartes and his belief that the body and the mind are separate entities that do not influence one another. But rather, an approach that applies the synthesis of these two systems, the brain does not exist as an entity purely of and in itself but working collaboratively with the body-subject in interactions with the lived world to apply meaning. Because Schneider had lost his sense of this making meaning in the social world and his abstract thought, he was not able to locate his nose on his face because he lost all sense of pre-reflective thought on the human anatomy and his own body in relation to time and space, but was still able to respond to physical stimuli because he was still in touch with the nerve-ending response required to feel in the brain.
Review Butt’s description of Schneider, the World War I veteran who lost the ability to locate himself in time and space (original description pp. 98/99). What point is Butt trying to make about the self by his reference to Schneider in relation to the concept of the existential self (pp. 130/131)?
The point that Butt is trying to make about the self by his reference to Schneider, is that the existential self does not exist as a dualistic approach, as was conceived by Descartes and his belief that the body and the mind are separate entities that do not influence one another. But rather, an approach that applies the synthesis of these two systems, the brain does not exist as an entity purely of and in itself but working collaboratively with the body-subject in interactions with the lived world to apply meaning. Because Schneider had lost his sense of this making meaning in the social world and his abstract thought, he was not able to locate his nose on his face because he lost all sense of pre-reflective thought on the human anatomy and his own body in relation to time and space, but was still able to respond to physical stimuli because he was still in touch with the nerve-ending response required to feel in the brain.