Heidegger’s Question of Being: the Unity of Topos and Logos
In this article, I elucidate the significance of Heidegger’s ‘question of being’ from a topological point of view by explaining the relationship between his thought of place and language. After exploring various hermeneutic strategies of reading Heidegger’s oeuvre, I turn to Richard Capobianco’s int...
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Published in | Sophia Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 309 - 325 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | In this article, I elucidate the significance of Heidegger’s ‘question of being’ from a topological point of view by explaining the relationship between his thought of place and language. After exploring various hermeneutic strategies of reading Heidegger’s oeuvre, I turn to Richard Capobianco’s interpretation of Heidegger and critically engage with his idea of the experience of being itself as the ‘luminous self-showing of
logos
’. In doing so, I explain the later turn from ‘truth’ to ‘place’ and articulate why
logos
needs to be conceived as the gathering site of the presencing of being. In arguing against the primacy of passive receptivity and active projection, I put forward the primacy of language as the
topos
and
logos
of being. In returning to the Capobianco-Sheehan debate, I conclude by explaining why Heidegger’s place-related notions cannot be thought metaphorically. |
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ISSN: | 0038-1527 1873-930X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11841-023-00966-z |