Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 20:07:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: BT, Section 45




On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, David Blacker wrote:

> 
> 2) Lois, could you please elaborate your interesting paragraph below:   
> 
> >On the other hand, I have a problem with our thinking of the 
> >authentic/inauthentic model as though these were based on a real (i.e., 
> >metaphysical) distinction in reality rather than an uncovering of a 
> >dimension of experience based on this creative metaphorical language. 

Just as Heidegger says that discourse discloses the world, so his 
discourse in B&T discloses the world, but to disclose the world is to 
simplify it, to show a particular aspect of the world, to bring a 
perspective on the world into the light.  I have written about this in 
another post or two on tis list tonight.  As I say there, I am 
particularly struck by quotes such as:

"The way of disclosure in which Dasein brings itself before itself must 
be such that in it Dasein becomes accessible as 'simplifed' in a certain 
manner."(226)

But to simplify is to disclose one aspect while hiding another.  
Therefore, to disclose is also to hide.  I don't know if I can find that 
anywhere in Heidegger, but I bet it's there.  Anyway, that's my reading.  

..Lois Shawver


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