Boiling eggs and simmering sauces


Hello,

In the Introduction to the _Cambridge Companion to Heidegger_, Charles
Guignon writes, "Interpretation seizes on the range of possibilities laid
out in advance by the "fore-structure" of understanding and works it over
into a concrete "as-structure" of uses..." (11). So far, so good. But
then he goes on to add, "...using the pan to boil an egg, for instance,
rather than to simmer a white sauce." He then provides a reference to BT,
sections 31 and 32. Can someone please explain to me the bit about "using
the pan to boil and egg"?

Sincerely sincerely,

Tony

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Anthony F. Beavers, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
The University of Evansville / Evansville, Indiana 47722 / (812)479-2682
Ancient Greek and Early Christian Metaphysics
Phenomenology and Existentialism
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