From the they to the we

Heideggerian antonomology

Christophe Perrin

pp. 417-444

in: Continental Philosophy Review 49 (4), 2016.

Abstract

This paper argues that there exists a Heideggerian antonomology and this not only in the broad sense of a simple study (λόγος), but also in the strict sense of a full doctrine (-λογία) of personal pronouns (ἀντωνυμία). Traversing the whole of Heidegger's work, I reconstitute the framework of this antonomology, from the connection of mineness and ipseity, to the difference between the I and the Self within the precedence of the latter over the former. I then rehearse its drama, from the They who answers the question of the who of Dasein to the We who asks the question of the who of man.

Cited authors

Heidegger Martin