Phil,
>Note also that being-toward-death is not the same as _authentic_ being-
>toward-death. Being-toward-death simply speaking is an unavoidable
>existential structure. But it's quite possible, as Heidegger argues, to be-
>toward death in an inauthentic way, in which my intention of my own death
>is wholly derived from the public interpretation of death of I have absorbed
>from others.
I interpreted (and I could be way off) that _authentic_ being towards death
was "Being-towards-the-end". That is, if you understood the former in an
authentic way you would understand it as the latter.
You also said (just before the section above): "...but also that I speak
about my own death, I have opinions about it, I "intend" it, in the
phenomenological sense. ("Being-toward" is a technical term in Heidegger's
phenomenological lexicon.)" in relation to authentic "Being-towards-Death".
I am in now way *up* on my existentialism in general but I always found that
people oftenb centered on the morbitity of death (on the angst and such).
If you mean that you speak about your own death as "Being-towards-the-end"
then this is still authentic but to speak about your own death (ie. that
moment when you die) stems from the inauthentic "they-self". I am also not
sure what you mean by "intend" here. You qualify it well with the
"phenomenological sense" but "intend" still has too many connotations for me
to be comfortanle with. If you mean that you "intend" your death (read:
"Being-towards-the-end") in the same way as you "intend" your life then I
guess I would agree with you. I would still use a different word than
"intend" but I would agree. There is, after all, no "intention" per seh,
you just are always "Being-towards-the-end" in the same way that you are, as
long as you *are*, thrown, fallen, "Being-in-the-world" and "Being-with-others".
-Nik
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>Note also that being-toward-death is not the same as _authentic_ being-
>toward-death. Being-toward-death simply speaking is an unavoidable
>existential structure. But it's quite possible, as Heidegger argues, to be-
>toward death in an inauthentic way, in which my intention of my own death
>is wholly derived from the public interpretation of death of I have absorbed
>from others.
I interpreted (and I could be way off) that _authentic_ being towards death
was "Being-towards-the-end". That is, if you understood the former in an
authentic way you would understand it as the latter.
You also said (just before the section above): "...but also that I speak
about my own death, I have opinions about it, I "intend" it, in the
phenomenological sense. ("Being-toward" is a technical term in Heidegger's
phenomenological lexicon.)" in relation to authentic "Being-towards-Death".
I am in now way *up* on my existentialism in general but I always found that
people oftenb centered on the morbitity of death (on the angst and such).
If you mean that you speak about your own death as "Being-towards-the-end"
then this is still authentic but to speak about your own death (ie. that
moment when you die) stems from the inauthentic "they-self". I am also not
sure what you mean by "intend" here. You qualify it well with the
"phenomenological sense" but "intend" still has too many connotations for me
to be comfortanle with. If you mean that you "intend" your death (read:
"Being-towards-the-end") in the same way as you "intend" your life then I
guess I would agree with you. I would still use a different word than
"intend" but I would agree. There is, after all, no "intention" per seh,
you just are always "Being-towards-the-end" in the same way that you are, as
long as you *are*, thrown, fallen, "Being-in-the-world" and "Being-with-others".
-Nik
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