Open AccessThe House Has Eyes
Author(s) -
Benjamin M. Slightom
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.11.1.68-79
Subject(s) - subjectivity , construals , ontology , epistemology , aesthetics , wish , position (finance) , psychology , sociology , philosophy , social psychology , construal level theory , business , anthropology , finance
Human beings cannot bear the thought of no longer being the center of the universe; Martin Heidegger’s ontology validates the construction of a world that subjugates non-human objects to a role whichreinforces our own position. In this paper, two personal experiences of objects which contradict traditional construals of “subjectivity” will be explored and analyzed in light of contemporary uncertainty around Heidegger’s ontology. Ultimately, I seek to complicate and show the radical dependence humans have on the constructed— or, “second”—subjectivity of objects and how we use them to validate the world as we wish it to be seen.