In-der-Blog-sein

Apparent Horizons is reading Allen Scult's book and remarks on how hermeneutics is a route towards philosophy happening:

[T]he sacred text happens. As we explore the sacred text we need to come to it in a certain way to allow it to speak to us. It's something more than just giving the text the benefit of the doubt. By looking at how approaching a sacred text as sacred changes the experience we have with it, we come to understand something about how sh*t and philosophy happen.

Meanwhile Pas au-Delà quotes B&T on how history happens and remarks that

[T]he blogosphere could use a bit more Heidegger.

Bring it on.

The Corner Place obliges by noting a difference between how the human condition happens for Arendt and Heidegger, and between the humanities and science.

For Arendt, the who of the individual human being is disclosed primarily in the act, in the event of speaking or doing. For Heidegger, the who may be best understood in terms of meaning and interpretation, neither being applicable to the animal. (answer to Pavlov? Cause and effect is empirical meaning, Heidegger speaks of hermeneutic meaning, see notes). The who is best revealed in philosophy, religion, literature, poetry, art, the what in science. Both have their places, neither should be shunned.

Philosophy is happening every which way.  ¶ 8:27 AM