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Dislodged Experience as an Overcoming of Reason: Towards a Phenomenology of Beyng

Erik Kuravsky

Research in Phenomenology September 26, 2022 DOI: 10.1163/15691640-12341506 (opens in new tab)

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Topics Philosophy of mind
Key points Argues that Heidegger's notion of dislodgement in Contributions to Philosophy describes a transformation of human essence grounded in Da-sein, not a change of worldview or self-transcendence. This dislodgement involves overcoming reason and metaphysics, frees experience from the priority of beingness and psychological subjectivity, and transgresses the ontological-ontic distinction, offering a phenomenological basis for experiencing the truth of Beyng.

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Abstract Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy approaches human transformation as an overcoming of Western metaphysics. The nature of this transformation does not imply a mere change of a worldview, an ethical or spiritual fulfillment, or even self-transcendence. Instead, Heidegger speaks about a dislodgement of human essence. In the article I address the notion of dislodgement as central for understanding the nature of the shift required for the human selfhood to be grounded in Da-sein. I stress the relation between dislodgement and an overcoming of reason as the basis of overcoming metaphysics. I then focus on the way dislodgement transforms the nature of experience, freeing it from the metaphysical constriction of a priority of beingness and the psychological subjectivity that accompanies it. I point out that such a dislodged experience transgresses the ontological-ontic distinction and thus offers a phenomenological basis for experiencing the truth of Beyng. I also suggest that the way to become prepared for such a full-fledged dislodgement is to be attentive to the moments in which our experience betrays its belonginess to Beyng.

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