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Agent-Relative Knowledge in Heidegger

Authors :
Gin, Kevin Allen
Wrathall, Mark A1
Gin, Kevin Allen
Gin, Kevin Allen
Wrathall, Mark A1
Gin, Kevin Allen
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

When an agent “loses herself” in a project, or becomes completely absorbed in an activity, she has what Heidegger calls “reflected self-understanding”. This kind of reflected understanding allows the agent to find herself out in the world, “in things”, without ever holding any reflexive attitudes about herself. In my dissertation, I develop and defend Heidegger’s account of reflected self-understanding, which constitutes – for Heidegger – the most basic grip an agent has on who she is. I suggest that Heidegger’s account of reflected self-understanding is not only a significant contribution to the history of philosophy, but also the central kernel that structures Heidegger’s thought on the topics of understanding, interpretation, truth, and authenticity in Being and Time.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
application/pdf, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1325593965
Document Type :
Electronic Resource