tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post3455580566232928926..comments2012-05-04T09:48:54.806-07:00Comments on The idea of the ordinary: So, what exactly is "nothing?"Kristen Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00311990318060061096noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post-29490953113473357662012-01-29T18:11:28.593-08:002012-01-29T18:11:28.593-08:00Do you think it's interesting that Heidegger o...Do you think it's interesting that Heidegger opens up the idea of "being" to more than humans when questioning, something important to his discussion of being, seems to be a purely human trait? On page 104, he says that we shouldn't focus "on the human being for what is this being, after all!" While I tend to agree with the idea that humans really seem to be the only species that inquires of the sake of inquiry (whereas animals question but possibly only to ascertain safety?), I wonder at Heidegger's insistence that we ignore the human being "cage".Kat Zacharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875144393050539617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post-12847028473349792002012-01-29T16:48:56.432-08:002012-01-29T16:48:56.432-08:00I'm utterly fascinated by what Heidegger does ...I'm utterly fascinated by what Heidegger does with the word "nothing" on page 114 of the reading. His repetition of the word "nothing," while reiterating the meaninglessness of the word "nothing" is wonderfully performative: it seems to me the meaning here lies not in the logic of these sentences, but rather in the way they self-deconstruct. This is a text that is doing something, rather than (or at least more than) saying something.Kristen Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311990318060061096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471649638591328998.post-32294711111180350562012-01-29T14:04:55.340-08:002012-01-29T14:04:55.340-08:00I feel like you did an excellent job of describing...I feel like you did an excellent job of describing the nature of human questioning without losing sight of the importance of the question in a way I was not so successful at. You make what I find an abysmal and answerless question feel lovely, meaningful and familiar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com