Re: BT, Section 45



On Tue, 18 Jul 1995, David Schenk wrote:

> Yes, yes it does. However, my real question here is *WHY* is finitude
> the primary condition for the possibility of authenticity and
> inauthenticity? I understand the quasi-Kantian maneuver, and I agree
> with your claim that in BT and in his other early works Heidegger is much
> inclined to making such a maneuver. What I don't understand is how
> finitude is supposed to be a necessary condition of in/authenticity.
>
> Any ideas?

How about: Heidegger is defining authenticity as that change in
experience that is only possible through when one takes one's death into
accout?

..Lois Shawver


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