Thinking of Existence
Abstract
This essay aims to outline in what ways Kierkegaard’s thinking of existence not only brings into view a concept of existence, but, more fundamentally, enables one to locate an opening to questioning anew the relation of thinking and existence. This thinking of existence does not seek to dissolve existence into knowledge but aims at intensifying the question of a thinking grounded not in the conclusion made in “an external relation between a knower and a non-knower” of which non-knowledge is the negative determination of knowledge, but rather of a thinking grounded in existence.
Abstract
This essay aims to outline in what ways Kierkegaard’s thinking of existence not only brings into view a concept of existence, but, more fundamentally, enables one to locate an opening to questioning anew the relation of thinking and existence. This thinking of existence does not seek to dissolve existence into knowledge but aims at intensifying the question of a thinking grounded not in the conclusion made in “an external relation between a knower and a non-knower” of which non-knowledge is the negative determination of knowledge, but rather of a thinking grounded in existence.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Foreword 1
- Acknowledgements 3
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Reception
- Philosophy of Existence in France in the 1930s 7
- “Thinker without Category” 27
- Existential Hermeneutics 49
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Concepts
- The Concept of Existence 71
- Thinking of Existence 91
- How to be a Human Being in the World 113
- Disclosing Despair: The Role of the Pseudonyms in Kierkegaard’s Existential Approach 131
- Father Kierkegaard 153
- Anxiety as the Origin of Freedom and Responsibility 171
- Concrete Infinity 193
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Issues
- The Danger of Losing Oneself 217
- What Was I Thinking? 239
- Kierkegaard’s Dual Individual: Reconciling Selfhood in the Existentialist and Analytic Traditions 261
- List of Contributors 281
- Index 283
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Foreword 1
- Acknowledgements 3
-
Reception
- Philosophy of Existence in France in the 1930s 7
- “Thinker without Category” 27
- Existential Hermeneutics 49
-
Concepts
- The Concept of Existence 71
- Thinking of Existence 91
- How to be a Human Being in the World 113
- Disclosing Despair: The Role of the Pseudonyms in Kierkegaard’s Existential Approach 131
- Father Kierkegaard 153
- Anxiety as the Origin of Freedom and Responsibility 171
- Concrete Infinity 193
-
Issues
- The Danger of Losing Oneself 217
- What Was I Thinking? 239
- Kierkegaard’s Dual Individual: Reconciling Selfhood in the Existentialist and Analytic Traditions 261
- List of Contributors 281
- Index 283
