| 1999 | Heidegger: an introduction |
| 1 | p.3 | 15568 | When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering |
| Full Idea: We would hardly want to say that a possibility is nothing, since surely we are considering something when we consider possibilities. | |||
| From: Richard Polt (Heidegger: an introduction [1999], 1) | |||
| A reaction: A nice contribution to the issue of whether modality is a feature of actuality. I would prefer to say that we can self-evidently utter truths and falsehoods about what is or is not possible, in nature, in logic, and maybe in metaphysics. |
| 3.§7 | p.41 | 15575 | Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations |
| Full Idea: Thanks to Heidegger, hermeneutics has gained wider acceptance - that knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations. | |||
| From: Richard Polt (Heidegger: an introduction [1999], 3.§7) | |||
| A reaction: I am not sure if I understand the notion of a search that has a refusal to actually find anything as one of its basic principles. |