The ambiguity of being
pp. 9-22
Abstrakt
In the twenty-first century, philosophy still needs to raise the question of the meaning of being. We therefore, follow Heidegger's return to Parmenides—for being is neither a being nor a concept; rather, it is an essentially ambiguous universal. Being's ambiguity allows us to understand both why it withdraws from thought and why there is something rather than nothing. The problem for philosophy then becomes: How can we think the original ambiguity of being without disambiguating it? Heidegger's answer—ironically or not—is by not thinking it.
Publication details
Published in:
Georgakis Tziovanis, Ennis Paul J. (2015) Heidegger in the twenty-first century. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 9-22
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9679-8_2
Referenz:
Haas Andrew (2015) „The ambiguity of being“, In: T. Georgakis & P. J. Ennis (eds.), Heidegger in the twenty-first century, Dordrecht, Springer, 9–22.