Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Heidegger was not a "mystical" philosopher



Common practice by Heidegger scholars mystifies what he was doing. But his calling is kindred with asking: What is the meaning (the significance, the meaningfulness) of being alive? That can be quite a mystery. But it’s resolvable, person by person, without supernaturalism.

Of course, questions of meaningfulness can scale to any horizon of interest, though beginning immanently was Heidegger's idea.


Monday, March 31, 2025

after Arrival



After enlightenment which feels awesome, teaching faces audiences (students, readers, collleagues) who might care little about the enthusiasm. But if you happen to want to venture highly, what’s it like to be on a good path? This short discussion isn’t the answer. But the bridgework for teaching is interesting to entertain.


Saturday, March 29, 2025

spring 2025



Though I’m working diligently, as far from current events as I can, avoiding Trumpism isn’t easy inasmuch as I want to stay somewhat in touch with daily news that matters.

So, like controlling a bad dream by catching it in articulation, thus deporting it from attention, I deport Trumpism.

Now back to work. Sorry I don’t have a pithy conceptual update to share this week. Coming soon.


Thursday, March 20, 2025

for philosophically countering Bozo politics



Seventy years after Heidegger pursued his post-Holocaust, post-Hiroshima “question concerning technology,” the U.S. now has a Bozo administration welcoming intimations of techn-fascism.

I have the answer!—at X (screen shot there). I would argue that the humanities (U. of Penn. project) make genuine democracy possible, though I see conceptual modeling differently than the U. of Penn. project.