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De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking

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Schalow, F. De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking. Heidegger Studies / Heidegger Studien / Etudes Heideggeriennes / Studi Heideggeriani, 39(1), 39-54. https://doi.org/10.3790/heist.39.1.39
Schalow, Frank "De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking" Heidegger Studies / Heidegger Studien / Etudes Heideggeriennes / Studi Heideggeriani 39.1, 2023, 39-54. https://doi.org/10.3790/heist.39.1.39
Schalow, Frank (2023): De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking, in: Heidegger Studies / Heidegger Studien / Etudes Heideggeriennes / Studi Heideggeriani, vol. 39, iss. 1, 39-54, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/heist.39.1.39

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De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking

Schalow, Frank

Heidegger Studies / Heidegger Studien / Etudes Heideggeriennes / Studi Heideggeriani, Vol. 39 (2023), Iss. 1 : pp. 39–54

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Prof. Dr. Frank Schalow, University of New Orleans, Department of Philosophy 2000 Lakeshore Drive LA 0148 New Orleans, USA

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Abstract

There must be a forward trajectory to history, and not merely a connection to the chronology to past events, if history is to provide the stage for the disclosure of being. Conversely, if history does not merely reflect shifts in the course of human events, then the freedom to decide must originate from the reciprocity between being and Da-sein. In this essay, I outline the narrow passageway by which Heidegger shows how decision can unlock the transformative power of history, and, reciprocally, how history grounds decision as a compliance or measured response to the claim (Anspruch) of being. I will center my inquiry on sections 45 – 48 of Contributions to Philosophy (Enowning), not only to provide a sharper focus, but also to bring into play the enactment of being-historical thinking as the key to coalescing the key motifs of history, decision, and freedom.

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Section Title Page Action Price
Frank Schalow: De-cision, Freedom, and History: On the Path to a New Way of Thinking 39
I. Grammar of the “des” in the History of Being 41
II. Errancy and History 45
III. Hints of the Impending Crisis of Modernity 47
IV. The Claim of Decision 50
Conclusion 52
Bibliography 53
Abstract 54