'Ontology' is derived from the Greek verb 'to be', specifically, from the first-person present participle of the verb 'to be' (i.e. 'I am'). So it's not the analysis of 'what exists', — Wayfarer
Heidegger: "A few examples should help. Over there, on the other side of the street, stands the high school building. A being. — StreetlightX
Heidegger uses the expression Dasein to refer to the experience of being that is peculiar to human beings. Thus it is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself.
Why would one categorise a building as a being? What would the German term have been? And do you think that to demolish a building is to kill it? If it is a being, then the answer would be 'yes'. — Wayfarer
I could totally subscribe to a philosophy by dogs. — 0 thru 9
Thing' is a word that barely belongs in the philosophical lexicon (with the exception perhaps of Heidegger's analysis of the term), so I don't know what you're driving at. And I am unapologetic about my scorn of the intellectual dishonesty and philosophical miseducation of which you sow in spades, no matter how politely or conciliatory. I couldn't care less if you believe in voodoo dolls or the ghost of Christmas past, but if you diminish and cheapen a field I hold dear at every point with your half-truths and philosophy-by-allusion-and-Google-search, you can expect to be called out on it. — StreetlightX
If you're going to say that ontology "arises in relation to first-person perspective and experience", this is a fabrication, a lie. — StreetlightX
That is why I quoted the original etymology - to show the inadequacy of that definition. — Wayfarer
If you're going to say that ontology "arises in relation to first-person perspective and experience", this is a fabrication, a lie. It is not true, not in any understanding of the term. — StreetlightX
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