The new yearbook for phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. Volume VI, 2006 PDF
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The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy In cooperation with M. BRAINARD, New York • R. BRUZINA, Kentucky J. DRUMMOND, New York • A. MICKUNAS, Ohio T. SEEBOHM, Bonn • T. SHEEHAN, Stanford edited by BURT HOPKINS STEVEN CROWELL □□ VI - 2006 The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy General Editors Burt Hopkins, Seattle University Steven Crowell, Rice University Contributing Editors Marcus Brainard, New York Ronald Bruzina, University of Kentucky John J. Drummond, Fordham University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University Thomas Seebohm, Bonn, Germany Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University Book Review Editors James Despres, The Catholic University of America Mitchell Jones, The Catholic University of America Consulting Editors Pierre Adler, New York, New York Patrick Burke, Gon^aga University Florence Damian Byers, University of Melbourne, Australia Richard Cobb-Stevens, Boston College Ivo De Gennaro, University of Bo^en-Bol^ano, Italy Natalie Depraz, University of Paris TV (Sorbonne) John Drabinski, Hampshire College R. O. Elveton, Carleton College Parvis Emad, Ta Crosse, Wisconsin Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University Kathleen Haney, University of Houston, Downtown James G. Hart, Indiana University Patrick Heelan, S.J., Georgetown University Friedrich Wilhelm von Herrmann, University of Freiburg, Germany Nam-In Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Christian Lotz, Michigan State University James Mensch, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Dermot Moran, University College, Dublin, Ireland Harry Reeder, University of Texas, Arlington James Risser, Seattle University Hans Ruin, Sodertorn University College, Sweden Karl Schuhmannf, University of Utrecht, Netherlands Marylou Sena, Seattle University Nicolas de Warren, Wellesley College Olav K.Wiegand, University of Main% Germany Edith Wyschogrod, Rice University Dan Zahavi, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Articles appearing in this journal are indexed in the Philosopher's Index. Copyright © 2006 by Taylor & Francis ISSN 1533-7472 ISBN 13: 978-0-9701679-6-5 (pbk) All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without per mission in writing from the Publisher. Assitant copy-editor: Selena Sena-Hopkins Aim and Scope: The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy will provide an annual interna tional forum for phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy in the spirit of Edmund Husserl’s ground breaking work and the extension thereof in the phenomenological tradition broadly conceived. The editors welcome the submission of manuscripts containing original research in phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy, contributions to contemporary issues and controversies, critical and interpretative studies of major phe nomenological figures, investigations on the relation of phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy to the natural and human sciences, and historical studies and documents pertaining to phenomenology and phenome nological philosophy. Translations of classic and contemporary phenomenological texts are also welcome, though translators should make arrangements with the editors in advance. First published 2006 by Noesis Press Published 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon 0X14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Trancis Group, an informa business This page intentionally left blank Contents I. Articles Parvis Emad 1 A Conversation with Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann on Mindfulness John Sallis 21 Powers of Reason and Sites of Recourse Carlo Ierna 33 The Beginnings of Husserl’s Philosophy, Part 2: From Uber den Begrijf der Zahl to Philosophie der Arithmetik Filip Mattens 83 On the Introduction of the Concept of Phantom in Ideas II Dieter Lohmar 109 How are Formal Sciences Possible? Benjamin D. Crowe 127 To the “Things Themselves”: Heidegger, the Baden School, and Religion Patrick Burke 147 Invisibility and the Flesh: Questioning the Chiasm Jacob Klein 161 History and Dialectics Ka-wing Leung 169 Heidegger on the Problem of Reality v Heribert Boeder 185 The Distinction of Speech II. Derrida's Contribution to Phenomenology Joshua Kates 199 A Problem of No Species; or Jacques Derrida’s Contribution to Phenomenol ogy Paul Davies 237 Withholding Evidence: Phenomenology and Secrecy Jay Lampert 259 Derrida’s Solution to Two Problems of Time in Husserl III. In Review James Carey 281 Richard Kennington: On Modern Origins Jacob Klein 305 Erwin Straus. 1fom Sinn der Sinne. Ein Beitrag %ur Grundlegung der Psycbologie Jan PatoCka 307 Jacob Klein. Die griechische Eogistik und die Entstehung der Algebra I. IV. and Texts Documents Jacob Klein 308 Ausgewahlte Briefe von Jacob Klein an Gerhard Kruger, 1929-1932/ Selected Letters from Jacob Klein to Gerhard Kruger, 1929-1932 331 Martin Heidegger Europe and German Philosophy Jan PatoCka 341 Platonism and Politics Jorn Muller 345 In Conversation with Heribert Boeder Notes on Contributors vi A Conversation with Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann on Mindfulness ParvisEmad DePaulUniversity AsThomasKalaryandIbegantranslatingintoEnglishHeidegger’ssecond being-historical treatise,Besinnung, (Mindfulness),1we realized rightaway that an intimateconnectionexistsbetweenthehermeneutic-phenomenologicalimport of thisworkanditspeculiarsyntaxandgrammaticalambiguities.Theeditorof the original German text of Mindfulness, Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann agreedtoholdaprivateseminarwithmeforthespecificpurposeof highlight- ing this connection. In the course of the lengthy discussion that ensued, our conversationfocusedspecificallyonthehermeneutic-phenomenologicalimport of thiswork,itssyntaxandgrammaticalambiguities.Inordertosharetheout- come of that conversation with the readers of Mindfulness, in what follows I shallpresentaselectednumberof thequestionsthatIputtoFriedrich-Wilhelm vonHerrmannandtheresponsesthathegavetoeachquestion. ParvisEmad:Atseveraljuncturesof Mindfulness,especiallyintheallusions hemakestobeingsintheotherbeginning,Heideggerusestheword‘again’and thuscreatestheimpressionthatwhatwillbecomeof beingsintheotherbegin- ningactuallyhappens‘again,’sinceithashappenedoncebefore.Wecomeupon one such instance in a passage in section 8 of Mindfulness which comes right afterthe“Introduction.”InthispassageHeideggercontrastsmachination’sun- bridledbeingof powerwiththegiftingthatmightcomefrombe-ingandasks: whetherbe-ingwouldgiftthegroundingof itstruthasdistressfromoutof whichthecounteringof godandmancrosswiththestrifeof theearthandthe world. Such a criss-crossing is the struggle of struggles: the en-owning whereinbeingsare‘ownedover’againtothebelongingnesstobe-ing.(Mind- fulness,11) —————— 1.See,MartinHeidegger,Mindfulness,translatedbyParvisEmadandThomasKalary (London:Continuum,2006).AllreferencestothisworkwillbemadewithMindfulnessfol- lowedbypagenumber. TheNewYearbookforPhenomenologyand PhenomenologicalPhilosophyVI(2006):1-20 ISSN1533–7472•ISBN978-0-9701679-6-5 2 PARVISEMAD How are we to understand the word ‘again’ in the clause “the en-owning whereinbeingsare‘ownedover’againtothebelongingnesstobe-ing”?IsHei- deggeractuallysayingthatbeingswereonce‘ownedover’tothebelongingness tobe-ing?Howcanthisbethecasewheninthefirstbeginningbeingsareaban- donedanddis-enownedbybe-ing? Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann: In the first beginning before meta- physicsbeginswithPlato,beingsarenotyetabandonedanddis-enownedbybe- ing.Theabandonmentof beingsbybe-ingandtheirdis-enownmentbeginina peculiarlysubtleandhiddenmannerwiththebeginningof metaphysics.Howev- er,itiswiththebeginningof modernitythatthedis-enownmentof beingsand theirabandonmentbybe-ingbecomeoverwhelming.Heretheword‘again’re- mindsusof thepre-Platonic,pre-modernfirstbeginningwhendis-enownment of beings,andtheirabandonmentbybe-inghadnotyetbecomeasoverwhelm- ingasinthepresentepoch. P. E.: In the same vein, we come upon the words ‘once again’ when Hei- deggeraddressesthewordof be-ingasanen-ownedword:2 Butperhapstheword“of”be-ingmusten-ownitself andremaininthestill- nessof thefew;perhapsadecisionisalreadymadeaboutagulf betweenbe- ingandwhat“they”holdasabeing.Perhapsthisgulf itself isthebeginning, if onceagaintheinceptualplacesitself betweengodsandmanasthebridge fortheircountering.(Mindfulness,50) Howarewetograspthewords‘onceagain’intheclause“if onceagainthe inceptualplacesitself betweengodsandmanasthebridgefortheircountering” andhowdothesewordsrelatetothewordof be-ingasawordthathastoen- ownitself? F.-W.v.H.:Attheveryleastwehavetoaddressthefollowingissueshere. First,thegenitive‘of’inthephrase‘thewordof be-ing’isbothagenitivussubjec- tivusandgenitivusobjectivusatthesametime.ForthisreasonHeideggerplacesthis word between quotation marks. Recalling the intricate relationship in Sein und Zeitthatiscalled‘thrownprojecting-open’(dergeworfeneEntwurf),werealizethat theword‘of’be-inghastobeanen-ownedwordbecauseitisawordthatisim- plicatedinbe-ing’s‘en-owningforththrow’andDa-sein’s‘en-ownedprojecting- opening’neitherof whichswayswithouttheother.Secondly,inordertograsp the word ‘of’ be-ing as one which has to en-own itself and remain within the stillnessof thefew,wehavetobearinmindthatthiswordemergesfromoutof be-ing’s‘en-owningforththrow’andDa-sein’s‘en-ownedprojecting-opening.’ Theword‘few’remindsus,of course,of the‘Joining’inContributionstoPhiloso- phythatiscalled“TheOnestoCome.”3The‘few’arethosewhoreceivebe-ing’s —————— 2.Foradiscussionof thekeywordssuchas‘enowning,’‘en-owned,’etc.See“Translators’ Foreword,”inMindfulness(London:Continuum,2006)xiii-xlii. 3.See,MartinHeidegger,ContributionstoPhilosophy(FromEnowning),translatedbyParvis EmadandKennethMaly(Bloomington:IndianaUniversityPress,1999),277ff. CONVERSATIONWITHVONHERRMANN 3 ‘en-owningforththrow’insofarastheyarethrownintothatthrowandenactan ‘en-owned projecting-opening’ of that throw. Thirdly, this passage shows that thewordEreignisevenwhenitisnothyphenatedshouldbetakeninthesenseof enowningandenownment—neverinthesenseof an‘event’—insofarasthear- rivalof theword‘of’be-ingdependsontheinceptual—be-ing—placingitself ‘once again’ between gods and man as the bridge of their countering. In sum, thewords‘onceagain’havetobegraspedintermsof be-ing’s‘en-owningforth throw’andDa-sein’s‘en-ownedprojecting-opening.’ P. E.: In a passage in which Heidegger refers to man by using the words “ihnselbst”(hehimself)insteadof “sichselbst”(himself),he(Heidegger)says: Throughmindfulness—inquiring-musing—manentersthetruthof be-ing andthustakesman“himself”untothefundamentaltransformationthataris- esoutof thistruth:theexpectancyof Da-sein.(Mindfulness,40) Whatorwhoisthe‘subject’of thissentence?Isit‘mindfulness,’or‘man,’ or‘thetruthof be-ing’? F.-W.v.H.:WehavetobearinmindthathereasearlierinSeinundZeit,Hei- deggeriskeentoavoidthereflexiveform“sich,”becauseof thelatter’sentangle- mentin“subjectivity.”InthispassageandelsewhereinMindfulnessheavoidsthe reflexive“sich”andinsteadusesthewords“ihnselbst”(hehimself).Keepingthis pointinmind,wecandeterminethe‘subject’of thissentence.Todosowefirst readthesentencebyslightlymodifyingitswordorder:“Inquiring-musingman entersthetruthof be-ingthroughmindfulnessandthustakesmanhimself unto thefundamentaltransformationthatarisesoutof thistruth:theexpectancyof Da-sein.”The‘subject’of thesentenceisman,the‘object’is‘thetruthof be- ing’andwhatrelatesthetwoismindfulness. P. E.: In a passage which is of paramount importance for grasping the being-historicalcharacterof ‘decision’Heideggersays: Theprimeleap[Ur-sprung]of be-ingisen-ownmentof itstruthandalong withthisen-ownmenttheopeningof thestillundecideddecisionuntothe grounding of this truth—undecided ‘for’ this grounding, ‘against’ this groundingor‘without’thisgrounding.(Mindfulness,55) Correlatingthe‘decision’totheen-ownmentof thetruthof be-ing,Hei- deggercharacterizes‘decision’asstillundecided,andhighlightsthisundecided- nessbysayingthatitcouldbe‘for,’‘against,’or‘without’thegroundingof the truthof be-ing.Obviouslythisundecidednessisnotof thekindthatwecome upon in the domain of choice. Neither ‘for’ the grounding nor ‘against’ the grounding,nor‘without’thegroundingof thetruthof be-ingarepre-givenop- tionssinceeachhastodowithbe-ing’s‘enowningforththrow.” F.-W.v.H.:Thispassageisnotonlyimportantforgraspingthebeing-his- toricalcharacterof ‘decision’butalsoforappropriatingthe“Joining”of Contri- butions to Philosophy that is called “Grounding.”4 Here the three words, ‘for,’ —————— 4.Ibid.,207ff.
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