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Heidegger’s Transcendental Empiricism.

Authors :
Moyle, Tristan
Source :
International Journal of Philosophical Studies. May2017, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p227-248. 22p.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Heidegger’s ‘serious idealism’ aims at capturing the realist impulses of our natural consciousness whilst avoiding a collapse into metaphysical realism. This idealism is best conceived as a form of transcendental empiricism. But we need to distinguish two varieties of transcendental empiricism, corresponding to Heidegger’s early and later work. The latter, transcendental empiricism2, is superior. Here, Heidegger’s ontology of gift gives full, conceptual shape to the two-way dependency between man and world characteristic of transcendental empiricism as a whole. In exemplary forms of inspired experience, marked by the 'animation' of our conceptually-structured natural powers, things call on us in a speech that is their very own. This moves us decisively beyond not only early Heidegger’s transcendental empiricism1but also the picture of experience presented in McDowell’sMind and World. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09672559
Volume :
25
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
International Journal of Philosophical Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
122446690
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2016.1237533