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HEIDEGGERIS IR PLATONAS: TIESOS SAMPRATA
HEIDEGGER AND PLATO: THE CONCEPT OF TRUTH

Author(s): Tomas Nemunas Mickevičius
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: truth; correctness; correspondence; unconcealedness; conditions of possibility

Summary/Abstract: This article interferes into the discussion regarding the relationship between the philosophies of Heidegger and Plato. It argues for the thesis that in the corpus of Platonic dialogues it is possible to find a concept of truth which corresponds to the Heideggerian one. First, it is shown, that both Plato and Heidegger similarly describe the genesis of false language and it’s connectedness with un-truth. Secondly, it is shown that both Plato and Heidegger understand truth – to use a Heideggerian concept – as unconcealedness with concealedness belonging to it. And finally, it is shown that in the works of Plato one can find structural equivalents of later Heidegger’s attempt to think over the “conditions of possibility” of truth as unconcealedness.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 83
  • Page Range: 62-72
  • Page Count: 11
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