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 inSophia Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 309 - 325
Main Author Karamercan, Axel Onur
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Education
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Heidegger, Martin (1889-1976)
Language
Metaphor
Non-Western Philosophy
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Point of view
Reading
Religious Studies
Being
Martin Heidegger
Richard Capobianco
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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.
ISSN:0038-1527
1873-930X
DOI:10.1007/s11841-023-00966-z