Shapeability – Aristotle on poiein-paschein and the other dimension of being in Heidegger

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ID11419967
AuthorsMagdalena Hoły-Łuczaj (0000-0001-5860-3638, Philosophy Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow, Poland, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume41
Issue1
Pages37-48
Publication date2022-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02580136.2021.2025326
OpenAlexW4293219722
LanguageEN
References cited19

This article discusses the gap in Martin Heidegger’s ontology pertaining to the transformative affectivity arising in the interactions between beings, particularly how this affectivity is responsible for changes in those beings. It thus explores the possibility of bridging this gap by including an additional dimension of being. For this purpose, it draws upon Aristotle’s concept of affecting/being affected (On Generation and Corruption, Book I), which aims to explain the origin of alteration in beings. The Aristotelian juxtaposition of action and passion serves as a backdrop for the incorporation of the concept of “shapeability” into Heidegger’s ontology. This involves a dimension of revealing being related to the active and passive aspects of beings’ capacity to shape and be shaped by others. Investigating the idea of shapeability, I shall argue, can shed some new light on the multidimensionality of how being is disclosed

Epistemology · Ontology · Passion · Sociology · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Social Psychology

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