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Rice fields and rain

Humans primarily live in a world of beings, each of which has meaning. Meaningful beings appear to us interconnected, referencing practices and other beings in a referential totality. Buttons suggest pushing, chairs suggest sitting, a tractor suggests farming. A (Japanese) rice paddy may suggest the heavy labour that goes into the rice harvest each year, […]

Posted 05 October 2016 † Johan § Computer science § Philosophy § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Heidegger’s question

Why is Heidegger interesting? For Heidegger, the question that philosophy should concern itself with above all is the meaning of being. What is the meaning of being? What does it mean for something to be? Before this question, language itself begins to break down. What is it to be? This question is not the same […]

Posted 04 May 2015 † Johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,