HEIDEGGERIAN CONSTRUAL OF ΟΥ̓ΣΊΑ AS RESPONSE TO BERGSONIAN CRITIQUE OF CLASSICAL THOUGHT Cover Image

HEIDEGERIŠKOJI ΟὐΣίΑ INTERPRETACIJA KAIP ATSAKAS Į BERGSONIŠKĄJĄ KLASIKINIO MĄSTYMO KRITIKĄ
HEIDEGGERIAN CONSTRUAL OF ΟΥ̓ΣΊΑ AS RESPONSE TO BERGSONIAN CRITIQUE OF CLASSICAL THOUGHT

Author(s): Nerijus Stasiulis
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Bergson; essence; Heidegger; the One; time

Summary/Abstract: The paper compares the Heideggerian and Bergsonian conceptions of isness, or time. The distinction between these affined non-mechanistic conceptions of time is assumed to be intrinsically linked to the different reflections on the relationship between matter and spirit as well as between the many and the one, and also to presuppose a different relationship to the Greek concept of essence. It seeks to demonstrate that, from the perspective of Heidegger’s thinking of Being, the Bergsonian vitalistic approach to isness reveals itself as a form of the forgetfulness of Being. Displaying the differences between Heidegger’s and Bergson’s conceptions of time allows to establish presumptions for explicating the Heideggerian construal of Aristotle’s conception of οὐσία, which can as well be called a response to Bergson‘s critique of classical philosophy.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 83
  • Page Range: 73-85
  • Page Count: 13