Blog 4 Idhe Chapter 3

First off, this book takes a lot more effort to read and understand. All the philosophers dance around the point they want to make, instead of just stating it directly. Of course, I'm not a philosophy major, nor do I intend on becoming one, so my thought might need development for the subject. I will be the first to admit that. Now on to the point at hand. Heidegger seems to say that we are consumed to the tools that we use, resulting in their "disappearance." In order to bring the tool back into context, it has to obtain a flaw. The flaw translates into it's use, thereby making it useless, and drawing our attention. I particularly don't agree with this. An artist painting a picture has to realize what colors he has to use, and change the color accordingly. It doesn't mean that the marker or the brush is broken. Husserl's seems to claim that the lifeworld is the one existed and gave rise to the scientific world, which replaced the lifeworld in the process. Merlu-Ponty states that we have body, and through the actions of this body we experience the world. He takes technology as it becomes a part of us while we use it, and extension of ourselves. And last but not least, I have come to an understanding:

The First Law of Philosophy

For every philosopher, there exists an equal and opposite philosopher.

The Second Law of Philosophy

They're both wrong.