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and when it comes to clarity, which ontological treatises prior to Heidegger would you consider having adequate clarity? And if they have more clarity...

don't you find that to be a bit convenient? Certainly there are aspects of Heidegger to which all serious Heidegger scholars would concur? And certain...

I think Heidegger would agree with Wittgenstein's notion that the world is everything. And since dread (for Heidegger) refers to no entity within the ...

then I defer. What is Metaphysics is on my list. I will bump it up a notch.

I am not suggesting it is gibberish. I am not using unintelligible as a synonym for gibberish. For Heidegger, the only entities that can be rendered i...

I disagree. The only meaningful thing implied by nothingness is that considerations were given to the apparent temporal aspects of being. To treat "no...

You may rest assured, I am familiar with the concept of being. If memory serves, you suggested that the issue raised in the OP was not properly a phil...

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I like that. I think.:smile:

In some sense, "nothing" draws people in. I sometimes think nothing and unintelligible are significantly synonymous for Heidegger. Not to mention that...

I think "nothing" is sometimes (most times) shorthand for those who tire of dealing with the apparent temporal nature of being and/or those who are in...

are we limited to H's conception of the nature of being? there are a thousand definitions of metaphysics that all sound very much like "metaphysics is...

almost as if entities have no being.

seriously? If science is not about the nature of being, then what is it about? The province of science is to explain what it can explain, not to claim...

it is not so difficult to understand something from nothing once you accept that nothing does not mean what most people think it means. All measuremen...

not to mention, either the Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl or not so I guess there is a 50% probability that the did. Not exactly a solid statis...

What is it about my distinction that you are having difficulty understanding?

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I agree. And that is true of most of us. Language is the articulation of an interpretation of an understanding rooted in the intelligibility of the wo...

if all interpretations fit what you were saying, the discussion would be over.:smile:

First and foremost, Heidegger would agree that medical attention is appropriate for some. But he is not talking about such people. Second and by way o...

It is mine. It is rooted in my interpretation of Heidegger's Being and Time.

And you never will so long as you continue to equate trivial decisions such as flavors of ice cream with decisions regarding one's philosophical journ...

transcendence is from self to world, not from self to nothing.

for Heidegger, the language is different. For Heidegger it is world/not world rather than being/not being. And world is intelligible while not world i...

I am not certain I understand your question. I said it the way I I did for several reasons. First, I reject the notion that "it upsets us greatly we'r...

one does not need to live long before experiences gives rise to thoughts regarding the temporal nature of being. And such thoughts are pregnant with t...

so long as you continue to mistakenly presume we choose (adopt) our beliefs, you will mistakenly presume the next question is the basis upon which we ...

it is matter of being born into an always already existing world. Most radical prolifers grow up into that world. How many baseball fans that grew up ...

seriously? Not one in a thousand people would change their position on this issue if you could prove a fetus was or was not a person. This is simply n...

language is used to articulate an interpretation of an understanding rooted in the intelligibility of the world. As such, I suspect that any universal...

So far. Do not presume that there are no further tests to come. Nothing to date suggests that the ability to choose inherently results in choosing tha...

Why are you asking me the questions I asked you? Please see my comment from three days ago.

I have never claimed logic or reason to be the bedrock of philosophy. And if it is not, are you suggesting that preference would necessarily be the on...

those who feel most at home are those who accepted that it was not home.

thank you.

understood. And you may be right. I just do not want anyone to suggest that Arne thinks Heidegger would support your claim. As I have already noted, I...

If you have no interest in the Origin of the Work of Art, then why are here? How would you even know if your apparently obvious claims have anything t...

thanks. Just found it. Will read it today. But I have been reading Heidegger for years and his failure to address the body is a gaping hole in his ont...

I have not read the book and there is nothing anyone has said that supports you use of the words "therefore" followed by "must". But there have been n...

you may be right. Have you read the book? I would like to read the book. I have been unable to find an electronic copy. I may have to go to the librar...

have you read the book? I would like to read the book. I am unable to find an electronic copy. I guess I can go to the library.

Are you familiar with the Phenomenology of Perception by Merleau-Ponty. Not only does it fill in the huge perceptions gaps in Heidegger's philosophy, ...

I do not know. Perhaps the great mystery of the location of red will some day be resolved and we can stop losing sleep over it. It is simply not an is...

That could be. But the subject matter of the book is the Origin of the Work of Art. In addition, I will reiterate that Heidegger was educated in mathe...

Or even clouds.

So I am mistaken about who raised the issue. Why would that matter? My comments were about the language. I took no position regarding the location of ...

Got it. I am confident I know Heidegger well enough. And my reading of Merleau-Ponty is long overdue. Should it develop, I am confident we can work it...

The cavalry has arrived.

have you read Merleau-Ponty? A woman from Greece needs assistance in understanding the sensory gaps left in Being and Time. I have offered to read the...