Heidegger’s Pursuit of Authenticity in Philosophy

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-193
Author(s):  
David Egan
Keyword(s):  
Formal Indication ◽  
Newton’S Laws ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
The Way

The concern with authenticity exhibited by both Heidegger and Wittgenstein applies reflexively to their work: being authentic and philosophizing authentically are deeply intertwined concerns. This chapter focuses on the way in which Heidegger attempts to extricate himself from traditional philosophical problematics, focusing primarily on the problematic of realism and idealism and on the concept of truth. Heidegger develops a method of formal indication by which he tries to direct us toward an ontological understanding without relying on the problematic form of the assertion. However, Heidegger attempts at points to articulate this ontological understanding—most notoriously when he asserts that Newton’s Laws were not true before Newton—in ways that work against him.

Hermeneutische Überlegungen zu Heideggers schwarzen Heften und zum neudenken seines Denkwegs II.

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-39
Author(s):  
István M. Fehér
Keyword(s):  
Time Factor ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ultimate Truth ◽  
Formal Indication ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Devil ◽  
The Way

"Hermeneutical Considerations on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and on the Revisiting of his Path of Thinking II. Starting with preliminary philological-hermeneutical considerations concerning the way Heidegger’s Black Notebooks can and should be dealt with, as well as concerning the question of what tasks may be derived from them for future research, the paper attempts to discuss the Black Notebooks applying a variety of methods and approaches. Themes that are discussed at more or less length include: Time factor and the formulation of our task; explanation and understanding or the way a philosophical path should be approached and dealt with methodically (hermeneutically); the theme related to “Heidegger and anti-Semitism” and the question concerning individuality; prejudices from a hermeneutical perspective and the way to deal with them; relapses and their philosophical explanation; insufficient and exaggerated sensibility; Heidegger and Hegel; equivocality and the dark side of the “formal indication”; Lukács, Scheler and the devil; Heidegger’s great being-historical treatises and their greatness; suggestions for a reconsideration of Heidegger’s way of thinking. – One important hermeneutical claim brought to bear on the various discussions is this: just as it would be inappropriate in our dealing with Heidegger’s texts to disregard Heidegger’s own self-interpretations, it would be no less inappropriate to consider those self-interpretations – which themselves call for interpretation – as telling us the sole and ultimate truth. This second part of the paper dedicates special attention to the question of re-examining Heidegger’s whole philosophical itinerary in the light of the Black Notebooks. Keywords: hermeneutics, being, history, interpretation, individuality "

Revisiting Rorty’s Notion of Truth

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Rahul Kumar Maurya
Keyword(s):  
True Belief ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
The Way

Abstract This paper is intended to explore the Rorty’s notion of truth and its vicinity and divergences with Putnam’s notion of truth. Rorty and Putnam, both the philosophers have developed their notion of truth against the traditional representational notion of truth but their strength lies in its distinctive characterization. For Putnam, truth is the property of a statement which cannot be lost but the justification of it could be. I will also examine the importance of Putnam’s idealized justificatory conditions without which he may succumb to the charge of relativism at the same time how does Putnam overcome the tension between metaphysical and relativistic stances of truth. For Rorty, truth is not representational rather it is social, which means the justification for a true belief is not external but internal to the community of believers. I would further examine how Rorty tries to dispel the charge of relativism which is hard to overcome. Finally, I shall try to defend the concept of truth which is free from metaphysical baggage and relativistic threats; and in this enterprise Rorty walks half the way and Putnam completes the journey.

Inferences about Structure

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-85
Author(s):  
Jill North
Keyword(s):  
Special Relativity ◽  
Time Reversal ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Dynamical Structure ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Matching Structure ◽  
Newton’S Laws ◽  
Guiding Principles ◽  
The Way

This chapter locates a few rules that govern our inferences about structure in physics, three in particular: inferring structure from the laws, minimizing structure, and matching structure. The chapter illustrates these rules by means of familiar inferences that rely on them. These inferences concern a variety of physical theories, from Aristotle’s physics and Newton’s laws to time reversal invariant laws and special relativity. The discussion contrasts these epistemic rules with other guiding principles in the literature. Along the way, the general idea of the structure presupposed by the laws, a theory’s dynamical structure, is elucidated. The chapter ends with a discussion of the extent to which coordinate systems and the form of an equation can tell us about the nature of physical reality.

“Laws” and “Theories” in Chemistry Do Not Obey the Rules

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Christie ◽  
John R. Christie
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
External World ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Classical Physics ◽  
Small Branch ◽  
The World ◽  
Newton’S Laws ◽  
Ontological Sense ◽  
The Way

Most philosophers’ discussions of issues relating to “laws of nature” and “scientific theories” have concentrated heavily on examples from classical physics. Newton’s laws of motion and of gravitation and the various conservation laws are often discussed. This area of science provides very clear examples of the type of universal generalization that constitutes the widely accepted view of what a law of nature or a scientific theory “ought to be.” But classical physics is just one very small branch of science. Many other areas of science do not seem to throw up generalizations of nearly the same breadth or clarity. The question of whether there are any laws of nature in biology, or of why there are not, has often been raised (e.g., Ghiselin, 1989; Ruse, 1989). In the grand scheme of science, chemistry stands next to physics in any supposed reductive hierarchy, and chemistry does produce many alleged laws of nature and scientific theories. An examination of the characters of these laws and theories, and a comparison with those that arise in classical physics, might provide a broader and more balanced view of the nature of laws and theories and of their role in science. From the outset, we should very carefully define the terms of our discourse. The notion of laws of nature has medieval origin as the edicts of an all-powerful deity to his angelic servants about how the functioning of the world should be arranged and directed. It may be helpful to distinguish three quite different senses in which laws of nature are considered in modern discussions. On occasion, the discussion has become sidetracked and obscure because of conflation and confusion of two or more of these senses. In the first, or ontological, sense, laws of nature may be considered as a simply expressed generalization about the way an external world does operate. Laws of nature are often seen as principles of the way the world works. They are an objective part of the external world, waiting to be discovered. The laws that we have and use may be only approximations of the deeper, true laws of nature.

scholarly journals "But where's the bloody horse?" Die NG teologie in Afrika

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 418-433
Author(s):  
A.S. Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
African Theology ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
African Writers ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

The relation between theology in the Dutch Reformed Church and the African world is discussed with reference to: (a) the relation between theology in the Dutch Reformed Church and science, and specifically the university with its policies; (b) the relation between science and the African world, especially as seen by African writers; and (c) the way that certain theologians in the Dutch Reformed Church have dealt with the African world and African theology. The relation between theology and praxis depends on the conception of truth held by the theologian involved. If truth is seen as the product of the theologian as subject (each subject produces his or her own truth), or if truth is identified with propositions or statements, the related theology can be expected to be unrelated to the praxis. A relation concept of truth is where God addresses a person and confronted by the realities of life and discovers truth in these relationships. Such a concept of truth does offer the prospect of a theology that interacts with reality. It is suggested that opportunities to engage existentially in such relations should become a strong characteristic of the way in which our theology is structured.

Hermeneutische Überlegungen zu Heideggers Schwarzen Heften und zum Neudenken Seines Denkwegs (I)

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-162
Author(s):  
István M. Fehér
Keyword(s):  
Time Factor ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ultimate Truth ◽  
Formal Indication ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Devil ◽  
The Way

"Hermeneutical Considerations on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and on the Revisit-ing of his Path of Thinking I. Starting with preliminary philological-hermeneutical considerations concerning the way Heidegger’s Black Notebooks can and should be dealt with, as well as concerning the question what tasks may be derived from them for future research, the paper attempts to discuss the Black Notebooks ap-plying a variety of methods and multiple approaches. Themes that are discussed at more or less length include: Time factor and the formulation of our task; explana-tion and understanding or the way a philosophical path should be approached and dealt with methodically (hermeneutically); the theme related to “Heidegger and anti-Semitism” and the question concerning individuality; prejudices from a her-meneutical perspective and the way to deal with them; relapses and their philo-sophical explanation; missing and increased sensibility; Heidegger and Hegel; equivocality and the dark side of the “formal indication”; Lukács, Scheler and the devil; Heidegger’s great being-historical treatises and their greatness; suggestions for a reconsideration of Heidegger’s way of thinking. -- One important hermeneu-tical claim brought to bear on the various discussions is this: just as it would be in-appropriate in our dealing with Heidegger’s texts to disregard Heidegger’s own self-interpretations, it would be no less inappropriate to consider those self-interpretations--which themselves call for interpretation--as telling us the sole and ultimate truth. Keywords: hermeneutics, being, history, interpretation, individuality "

scholarly journals The Specific of the Concept of Truth in the Scripture

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Iulian Faraoanu
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
Dei Verbum ◽  
Historical Accuracy ◽  
Sacred Scripture ◽  
Age Of Enlightenment ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
Sensitive Issues ◽  
The Way

The theme of this work is represented by the truth’s concept in the Bible. By means of the pages of the Sacred Scripture, God, Truth par excellence, conveys the truth on him and on his plan of salvation. The theme on the truth in the Bible has been debated starting from the age of Enlightenment. Even nowadays, people are trying to identify solutions to the sensitive issues of historical accuracy and truth. The following pages are aimed at presenting certain aspects on the theme represented by the truth in the Bible, as well as the solutions to find such truth. Following a series of general aspects, the indications in Dei Verbum, we focus on the example of truth as reflected in the Gospel. The work ends with conclusions and the presentation of the way to identify the truth God wants to convey to us.

scholarly journals A Truth-minimalist Reading of Foucault

Le foucaldien ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Buekens
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Institutional Facts ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
Minimalist Conception ◽  
Contingent Existence ◽  
The Way

That we have culturally acquired certain concepts and beliefs, that many concepts that refer to or impose social or cultural classifications have their origin in intended or unintended declarative speech acts, that the institutional facts they intentionally and unintentionally create have a contingent existence and that it is not always fully transparent to us that the facts so created are institutional facts, were Foucault's key insights in his early work. I argue that these insights can be fully articulated, explored and discussed with a minimalist conception of truth in mind. His observations anticipate current "rediscoveries" of those insights by analytic philosophers. A minimalist about truth holds that these insights do not require a revision of our ordinary concept of truth. The flip side of my argument is that Foucault and his followers should not have grounded his views in a substantial revision of the concept of truth. Truth is and has always been "a thing of this world"; his idiosyncratic reconceptualizations of truth are not needed to explore social dimensions of belief systems, the way social facts emerge and the relevance of genealogies.

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