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Authenticity In Finitude: Interpretation Of Heidegger, Jinyoung Lee
Authenticity In Finitude: Interpretation Of Heidegger, Jinyoung Lee
CMC Senior Theses
This paper organizes Martin Heidegger’s argument for authenticity in Being and Time into a two-step process with two binaries. The first binary is an interpretation for the world, with what Heidegger calls ‘ready-to-hand’ coming prior to ‘present-at-hand.’ The second binary is an interpretation for the self, where he distinguishes the ‘authentic self’ from the ‘they-self.’ With human existence represented as Dasein, or Being-there, Heidegger paints a path for authenticity within the world of relations and the world we live with others.
For coherence between the two binaries, we need a reinterpretation of time. The second section of this paper focuses …
Adversus Mathematicos, Christopher Norris
Adversus Mathematicos, Christopher Norris
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
A poem about relationship between mathematics and the human experience of time.
The Importance Of Heidegger’S Question, Surya Sendyl
The Importance Of Heidegger’S Question, Surya Sendyl
CMC Senior Theses
In this thesis I present a strong and universally compelling case for the importance of Heidegger’s question, namely, the question of the meaning of being. I show how the being-question has been obscured and forgotten over the past two millennia of western philosophy. I attempt to raise this question again, and elucidate why it is an important one to examine, not only for philosophy as a discipline, but for any human endeavor. My aim is to reach those of you who would normally not come across, or might even dismiss, Heidegger’s work. I hope the arguments I make will convince …