Heidegger

In a message dated 6/15/2008 12:03:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
michael at sandwich-de-sign.co.uk writes:
in the total absence of any reality of any reality type; in the total
> absence of any existent of any mode of existence; in the total
> absence of any being of any mode of being; etc., — what asserts ‘I am
> self-aware’?
Well, in […]

Joe implores MichaelE:
> let’s not go down that road. instead why don’t you deal with something
> more concrete, a simple assertion that has previously stumped Professor
> Crifasi:
>
> I am self-aware.
>
> in the total absence of any reality of any reality type; in the total
> absence of any existent of any mode of existence; in […]

In a message dated 15/06/2008 12:12:17 GMT Standard Time,
artefact at t-online.de writes:
>
> in the total absence of any reality of any reality type; in the total
> absence of any existent of any mode of existence; in the total
> absence of any being of any mode of being; etc., — what asserts […]

Cologne 15-Jun-2008
Joseph Polanik schrieb Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:04:32 -0400:
> Michael Eldred wrote:
>
> >Joseph Polanik schrieb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:47:07 -0400:
>
> >>Michael Eldred wrote:
>
> >>>>>ME: All I pointed out was that you can’t help predicating
> >>>>>something of nothing,
>
> >>>>JP: on the contrary, one *can* prevent predicating something of
> […]

Michael Eldred wrote:
>Joseph Polanik schrieb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:47:07 -0400:
>>Michael Eldred wrote:
>>>>>ME: All I pointed out was that you can’t help predicating
>>>>>something of nothing,
>>>>JP: on the contrary, one *can* prevent predicating something of
>>>>nothing simply by defining ‘is’ and ‘Nothing’ thru use:
>>>>where
>>>>N = ‘Nothing’
>>>>E = […]

Cologne 10-Jun-2008
Joseph Polanik schrieb Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:47:07 -0400:
> Michael Eldred wrote:
>
> >>>ME: All I pointed out was that you can’t help predicating
> >>>something of nothing,
>
> >>JP: on the contrary, one *can* prevent predicating something of
> >>nothing simply by defining ‘is’ and ‘Nothing’ thru use:
>
> >>where
>
> […]

> From: THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HEIDEGGER
> P240ff
>
> 9 Heidegger, Buddhism, and
> deep ecology
MICHAEL E. ZIMMERMAN

From: THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO HEIDEGGER
P240ff
9 Heidegger, Buddhism, and
deep ecology
Many commentators have remarked on the affinities between Heidegger’s
thought and East Asian traditions such as Vedanta, Mahayana
Buddhism, and Taoism.= In this essay, I shall examine critically
some aspects of the apparent rapport between Heidegger’s thought
and Mahayana Buddhism.. One reason for recent interest in Heidegger’s
thought and in […]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:28 AM, Joseph Polanik wrote:
> >>>>we’re discussing *your* argument; and, it seems that you have
> >>>>modified it by introducing a new term, ’self-existence’. any
> >>>>*counter-arguments* I might have had to past versions of your
> >>>>argument might need to be modified to become applicable […]