Gary, I have quite a few questions and points for discussion but before I turn to them, I’d very much like you to answer the following question for me. Benjamin thought that the solution to the problem of the inadequate subject-object metaphysics was to return to Kant. In his words, Kant’s system, ‘by virtue of its brilliant exploration of the certainty and justification of knowledge, derived and developed a depth that will prove adequate for a new and higher kind of experience that is yet to come’. Where does Heidegger stand on Kant?
Posted by at May 2, 2004 05:40 PM | TrackBackTrevor,
two pathway are suggested in the previous posts.
1... a shift away from knowledge to being
2. a shift away from theoretical knowledge of science in the Critique of Pure Reason to a tacit embodied knowledge of eveyday life.
It is a going back to, and a reworking of Aristotle, in order to destruct modern philosophy. Of course , you can argue that Kant was making similar but more hesitant moves in the Critique of Judgement.
Posted by: Gary Sauer-Thompson on May 2, 2004 05:54 PM