A Wisdom Archive on Heidegger

Dasein is a German noun which antedates Heidegger's use of it, though he saw more of its possibilities than previous philosophers such as Fichte had. It is derived from da sein, which literally means being there. It is synonymous with existence, as in I am pleased with my existence (ich bin mit meinem Dasein zufrieden). In the works of Heidegger, a German word for a being that is capable of recursively comprehending the primal (ontological) authentic (ontic) nature of its own Being. Heidegger ...

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In Kant and the Platypus , Umberto Eco squares his shoulders and takes on the problem of pure being. For pure being is not just a problem, it is the problem in philosophy in that it underlies everything, including problems, philosophers and platypuses. Or should it be platypi? Even the question mark to a dubious lingual entity which does not really 'exist' has to have being, even if it is in the form of a being which we call 'non-existence'.

 
(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death and Dying, Body Mind and Soul )

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In a formal logical system, that is, a set of propositions that are consistent with one another, it is probable that some of the statements can be deduced from one another. For example, in the syllogism, "All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; Socrates is mortal" the last claim can be deduced from the former two. A first principle is one that cannot be deduced from any other. The classic example is that of Euclid's geometry ...

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Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. Werner Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg) founded est and conducted the first est seminar in San Francisco, California, in October 1971. The company was originally incorporated in 1973 as a non-profit foundation in the State of California under the name of the Foundation for the Realization of Man. An amendment to the articles of incorporatio ... Including:

• Erhard Seminars Training - Influences on and Philosophy of est
• Erhard Seminars Training - Controversies Surrounding
• Erhard Seminars Training - Quotations

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A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). Phenomenon - Kant's use of phenomenon. Phenomenon has a specialized meaning in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant who contrasted the term 'Phenomenon' with 'Noumenon'. Phenomena constitute the world as we experience it, as opposed to the world as it exists independently of our experiences (thing-in- ... Including:

• Phenomenon - Kant's use of phenomenon
• Phenomenon - Phenomenon in the general sense
• Phenomenon - Quotes

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The term deconstruction in the context of Western philosophy is highly resistant to formal definition. Martin Heidegger was perhaps the first to use the term (in contrast to Nietzschean demolition), although the form we recognize in English is an element in a series of translations (from Heidegger's Abbau and Destruktion to Jacques Derrida's déconstruction), and it has been explored by others, including Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul de Man, Jonathan Culler, Barbara ...

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1633 - Events. February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. March 1 - Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. June 22 - Catholic church forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentric view of the solar system. Eppur si muove. Jews of Poznan are granted a privilege of forbidding Christians to enter into their city quarter. In Ethiopia, Negus Fasilidas expels foreign mi ... Including:

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