Medard Boss

Daseinsanalysis

Biography

 Born on October 4, 1903 in St. Gallen, Switzerland

 Got his medical degree in 1928
 Learned from famous teachers
 Friendship with Heidegger
 Existential Psychology

Theory (Daseinsanalysis)

 Boss views “Dasein” as a lumination which brings things “to light”

 The world is not something we interpret, but something that reveals itself to Dasein
 Defensiveness, Psycopathology and Enlightenment
 Glassenheit (let things go)

Existentials

 The things in life that we have to deal with

 Shared Existence and Bodying Forth
 Mood or Attunement

Dreams

 Reveals their own meaning

 How we are illuminating our life