There was [and is] no fact about me that constituted my having meant [or meaning].... — As quoted by Stanley Cavell in The Argument of the Ordinary, p. 76.--emphasis in original, brackets in Cavell's quote
(Of course we can have individual experiences outside of language--like seeing a sunset that leaves us speechless--but those instances don't structure our relation to ourselves and others.) — Antony Nickles
The lack of replies would also lead me to believe no one really finds value in the OP so there's nothing to really learn. — Darkneos
If you're interested, I rewrote the OP to be, I hope, clearer. — Antony Nickles
(Of course we can have individual experiences outside of language--like seeing a sunset that leaves us speechless--but those instances don't structure our relation to ourselves and others.) — Antony Nickles
But, yes, we are all ordinary humans, individual as separate bodies, but under the same condition/human situation. — Antony Nickles
There are activities that can only be enjoyed individually — javi2541997
to reach a real ordinariness, we have to stay away from the "mass" of other ordinary people. — javi2541997
My point would only be that this: I Am!, is an action, a process; who we define ourselves to be, say, against the crowd, is not given to us as an inherent fact. People believe they have "thoughts", and those are precious gems that come from who they are, their identity as a singular person, something special from inside only them, when most of the time they are platitudes or regurgitation--though sometimes what is common is most true (it all depends). As Heidegger says: what is most thought-provoking is that we are not yet thinking. — Antony Nickles
I think I was trying to say the same thing. What I meant was that, yes, we have singular experiences but there is nothing that ensures our individuality (nothing taking the place of the metaphysical "mind"). — Antony Nickles
I think I was trying to say the same thing. What I meant was that, yes, we have singular experiences but there is nothing that ensures our individuality (nothing taking the place of the metaphysical "mind"). — Antony Nickles
As Heidegger says: what is most thought-provoking is that we are not yet thinking. — Antony Nickles
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