Naïve and sentimental character: Schiller’s poetic phenomenology

[Excerpt] "Poets are, by definition, “the preservers of nature,” but when they can no longer completely be so, they serve as its witnesses” and “avengers.” In the former case, they are natural; in the latter, they seek the lost nature. In the former case, they imitate what is actual; in the latter, they portray something ideal. Every poet is accordingly “either naïve or sentimental.” Even in the present day, Schiller insists, “nature is the only flame that nourishes the poetic spirit,” a spirit that gathers all its power from nature and speaks to it alone even in the case of “artificial” human beings, caught in the grip of culture (NSD, 196/432, 200f/436f). In this way Schiller distinguishes between two basic kinds of poetry and poetic genius grounded in different relationships to nature. Indeed, the development in Schiller’s thinking from the Letters on the Aesthetic Education of Man to On Naïve and Sentimental Poetry is marked by the way that nature replaces reason as the center of gravity. Each form of poetry possesses a distinctive and constitutive moral dimension that is sustained by their respective relationships to nature."Accepted manuscrip

Heidegger's early phenomenology

This paper attempts to shed some light on Heidegger’s early conception of phenomenology in light of its conscious departure from Husserl’s conception of phenomenology. The period in question extends from Heidegger’s first Freiburg lectures in 1919 to his return to Freiburg from Marburg in the fall of 1928. After flagging some prima facie differences between their phenomenological projects during these years, I suggest how Heidegger adapts into his phenomenology four basic aspects of Husserl’s phenomenology (the phenomenological reduction, formalization, and the performative and constitutive aspects of the analysis). In conclusion I call attention to a fundamental, arguably irreconcilable difference between their phenomenologies.Accepted manuscript2020-01-0

Reason within the limits of religion alone: Hamann’s onto-Christology

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Truth, knowledge, and “the pretensions of idealism”: a critical commentary on the First Part of Mendelssohn’s Morning Hours

Whereas research on Moses Mendelssohn’s Morning Hours has largely focused on the proofs for the existence of God and the elaboration of a purified pantheism in the Second Part of the text, scholars have paid far less attention to the First Part where Mendelssohn details his mature epistemology and conceptions of truth. In an attempt to contribute to remedying this situation, the present article critically examines his account, in the First Part, of different types of truth, different types of knowledge, and the case against idealism. The examination stresses potential but overlooked strengths of his account (e. g., a conception of immediate knowledge that is both far broader than the sensory field and distinctive for having change as its object), questions of ambiguity if not inconsistency in his concepts of existence and substance, and the potential import of these questions for the role he assigns to common sense.Accepted manuscrip

California shellfish importation and planting report 1973-1974 season

The amount of shellfish imported and planted in State waters is enumerated by species and compared with the previous season. Arrangements were made with the Washington State Department of Fisheries to inspect the bulk of the seed oysters originating in Washington State. One shipment of 1,330 cases of Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, seed was imported from Japan. Adult Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, were inspected upon arrival in San Francisco. Experimental studies with seed from mortality resistant parents indicate good survival and growth. (5pp.

Selectivity of gillnets in the California Pacific herring roe fishery

Pacific herring, Clupea harengus, landings were sampled during the 1976 season in San Francisco, Tomales and Outer Bodega bays. Fish were sampled according to the type of gear used to catch them - - roundhaul nets (purse seines and lamparas), beach seines, and gillnets. Analysis of the data indicated that gillnets caught larger fish and caught more females than did roundhaul nets. In San Francisco Bay, female herring caught by gillnets had a mean body length of 208 mm (8.2 inches) compared to 179 mm (7.0 inches) for roundhaul nets. The sex ratio was 72% females by gillnets to 55% for roundhaul nets. The larger size and larger number of females caught by gillnets resulted in a much higher ripe roe recovery - - an average of 17.2% compared to 9.8% for roundhaul nets by weight of all samples. Although no definite comparisons of size and sex ratio of fish caught by different types of gear could be made in Tomales Bay and Outer Bodega Bay (because of insufficient sampling), herring in gillnet samples were comparable to those of San Francisco Bay in the two measured characters. (9pp.

California shellfish importation and planting report 1975-1976 season

The amount of shellfishes imported and planted in State waters is enumerated by species and compared with the previous season. Total giant Pacific oyster seed shipments were equivalent to 5,249 standard cases, compared with 11,884 standard cases the previous season. Sources of these seed oysters were Japan, Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. Adult Eastern oyster shipments from New York State totaled 442 bushels. (5pp.

The status of the ocean shrimp resource and its management

The fishery for ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) was began in the early 1950's after exploratory fishing by the Department of Fish and Game discovered five dense concentrations. The fishery has been fully regulated since its beginning and is currently being managed for maximum sustained yield by a quota system. (19pp.

Scheler on shame: a critical review

This paper presents a critical review of Scheler’s analysis of shame's structure, dynamic, and affectivity, and his explanation of phenomena of shame. This first part of the paper examines Scheler’s accounts of shame’s basic condition, the law ultimately governing its origin, and its basic dynamic. The second part of the paper turns to his general descriptions of what we feel when we feel shame and his analyses of two distinct forms of shame. The conclusion attempts to draw these aspects of his account of shame together to illustrate why, according to Scheler, we feel shame. Throughout the paper, some basic criticisms of Scheler’s account are advanced. At the same time the paper attempts to demonstrate the virtues of his highly differentiated descriptions of experiences of shame and his attempt to weave these descriptions together into a general theory.Published versio