Does Heidegger Deny the Reality of the Physical Universe?
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Joseph Polanik wrote:
> okay. you are not impressed with the manner by which Descartes
> extricated himself from the quagmire of SIS.
>
> do you contest the truth of what he found? — that ‘I am’ is true when
> self-asserted.
Yes, due to Hume’s critique, using the very same criteria that Descartes
used in the First Meditation. In other words, Hume simply drew out the
consequences of what Descartes had begun.
> do you contest the claim that Heidegger agrees that ‘I am’ is true when
> self-asserted?
Yes and no. Yes in that he begins with an analysis of the “being that I
am,” but no in that he prefaces that analysis (SuZ section 25) by
questioning whether “I” am “I myself” (as opposed to Them) in the first
place.
> do you contest the claim that I agree that ‘I am’ is true when
> self-asserted?
You? You clearly think that.
> do you contest the claim that ‘I am’ is true when self-asserted?
See the first reply above.
