Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 22:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: 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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