Chris Johns:
"My question about thinking then is this: What is the contemplation of
aletheia without ratio? In "The End of Philosophy and the Task of
Thinking," Heidegger is not a relativist, but he points the way toward a
more primordial notion of truth: that which makes truth possible. He wants
us to think about, to be on the way to, aletheia. My question is, does he
offer a way to think about the way we think about aletheia? Or is he
merely opening up a possibility which is not at all possible for thinking?
Is the task of thinking a "muddle" way which thinks not for lack of
reference and guide?"
The possibility of thinking aletheia as openness is not at all possible for
thinking, given the velleities of the few and seldom. If they remain true
believers in the possibility, what word is there for them other than
"gnostics"?
Aletheia as openness is an allegation:
y = that which makes x possible
This formula may yet rest on a misunderstanding of possibility and potency.
The account may yet be inadequate to the truth about truth.
Heidegger's truth about truth may yet be a lie.
Chris Morrissey
More C Communications Inc.
a Microsoft Solution Provider
http://www.moreC.com voice or fax 604.877.7731
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"My question about thinking then is this: What is the contemplation of
aletheia without ratio? In "The End of Philosophy and the Task of
Thinking," Heidegger is not a relativist, but he points the way toward a
more primordial notion of truth: that which makes truth possible. He wants
us to think about, to be on the way to, aletheia. My question is, does he
offer a way to think about the way we think about aletheia? Or is he
merely opening up a possibility which is not at all possible for thinking?
Is the task of thinking a "muddle" way which thinks not for lack of
reference and guide?"
The possibility of thinking aletheia as openness is not at all possible for
thinking, given the velleities of the few and seldom. If they remain true
believers in the possibility, what word is there for them other than
"gnostics"?
Aletheia as openness is an allegation:
y = that which makes x possible
This formula may yet rest on a misunderstanding of possibility and potency.
The account may yet be inadequate to the truth about truth.
Heidegger's truth about truth may yet be a lie.
Chris Morrissey
More C Communications Inc.
a Microsoft Solution Provider
http://www.moreC.com voice or fax 604.877.7731
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