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What is a thing?

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val
 
Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 02:59 am
This was the tittle of the classes Heidegger gave in Friburg, in 1935.
Any answers?
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 03:05 am
An unspecified subject.
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Cyracuz
 
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Reply Sat 18 Dec, 2004 11:19 am
a word with many meanings applicable to almost anything. It is a tag one assignes meaning to according to your needs.
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val
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 05:47 am
Cyracuz

OK.
So, tell me: do you consider a stone as a thing?
If so, tell me then what a stone is.
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australia
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 05:59 am
coisa
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val
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 06:04 am
Australia

"Coisa" is the portuguese word for "thing". Like "ding" in german, or "chose" in french. Surprised
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 06:09 am
val wrote:
Cyracuz

OK.
So, tell me: do you consider a stone as a thing?
If so, tell me then what a stone is.


Stone is a mineral, "a stone" is an object of such material. A stone is a subject, and as such thing could refer to it.
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Snoe
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 06:44 am
Such problems are a flaw of language, not of actual reality.
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ForeverYoung
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 07:30 am
Re: What is a thing?
val wrote:
This was the tittle of the classes Heidegger gave in Friburg, in 1935.
Any answers?


More to the point: what's a 'tittle' ? heh heh heh (the spelling police have arrived) Cool
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val
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 05:20 pm
Re: What is a thing?
ForeverYoung

Thank you for pointing my mistake. English is not my natural language, but that is no excuse: this site is in english, so we must use this language and use it correctly.
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shepaints
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 05:24 pm
A thing is an unspecified object or action .
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ForeverYoung
 
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Reply Mon 20 Dec, 2004 05:41 pm
Aw, shucks, val, I was only teasing. I'm really sorry it apparently got lost in the cross-cultural, different-language translation.

Forgive me? Embarrassed :wink:
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 12:51 am
shepaints wrote:
A thing is an unspecified object or action .


How can "thing" refer to an action? Give an example.

I was out thinging this morning when... Doesn't sound right.

Thing can also refer to subjects which are not objects, like for example a fixation or a fascination.
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australia
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 01:54 am
He is going to do some thing about the garden.

Is that in the context of the verb? God, your english is better than mine and your from norway.
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val
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 04:55 am
Einherjar

Suppose you ask me:
"What am I?"
And suppose I answer:
"You are an object of the material named human being".

Would you consider such an answer as valid?
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val
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 05:13 am
I am walking in a road. There is a heavy, black stone in the way.

I stumble in the stone.
The stone is an obstacle.

A dog is running after me. I pick the stone and throw it to the dog.
The stone is a weapon.

I am lost.
I see that the stone has something written: "BERLIN 5 KM".
The stone is a mark.

I am a geologist. I say: this stone is basaltic.

I am obsessed with the last defeat of my team, Hertha Berlin. I am lost in my bitter thoughts. What stone? I saw no stone!

What is a stone?
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 05:31 am
val wrote:
Einherjar

Suppose you ask me:
"What am I?"
And suppose I answer:
"You are an object of the material named human being".

Would you consider such an answer as valid?


I would not, as human being is not a material.
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 05:33 am
val wrote:
I am walking in a road. There is a heavy, black stone in the way.

I stumble in the stone.
The stone is an obstacle.

A dog is running after me. I pick the stone and throw it to the dog.
The stone is a weapon.

I am lost.
I see that the stone has something written: "BERLIN 5 KM".
The stone is a mark.

I am a geologist. I say: this stone is basaltic.

I am obsessed with the last defeat of my team, Hertha Berlin. I am lost in my bitter thoughts. What stone? I saw no stone!

What is a stone?


An item composed of minerals. Any item composed of minerals is a stone, and any stone is an item composed of minerals.
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shepaints
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 07:00 am
Einherjar...an example of an action would be, "she can't do anything right".........
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Tue 21 Dec, 2004 07:08 am
shepaints wrote:
Einherjar...an example of an action would be, "she can't do anything right".........


Alright, got it.
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