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<p>Although the term “pre-predicative” (<italic>vorprädikativ</italic>) is used only two times in <italic>Being and Time</italic>, it qualifies in an essential way the hermeneutical process in which the existentials of understanding, interpretation and discourse cooperate to structure the phenomenal field into a meaningful horizon. This hermeneutical function represents for Heidegger the precondition for every theoretical-predicative behaviour of <italic>Dasein</italic> towards being. By means of a conceptual-historical analysis throughout the Twenties, it is possible to point out that Heidegger considers the domain of the pre-predicative identical to the hermeneutical process. Nevertheless, on the basis of some indications that are to be found in Heidegger’s writings, we can trace the contours of a different history of the concept of “pre-predicative”, in which the latter hints at a deeper dimension of the human being – a dimension that can be designated as “pathic” or “prehermeneutical”. To this purpose, it is essential to investigate the concept of “pre-worldly” (<italic>vorweltlich</italic>), introduced by Heidegger in his first lecture course, his analysis of anxiety in 1929 and, finally, the image of the “great silence” (<italic>große Stille</italic>) in the later <italic>Contributions to Philosophy</italic>.</p>
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Although the term “pre-predicative” (vorprädikativ) is used only two times in Being and Time, it qualifies in an essential way the hermeneutical process in which the existentials of understanding, interpretation and discourse cooperate to structure the phenomenal field into a meaningful horizon. This hermeneutical function represents for Heidegger the precondition for every theoretical-predicative behaviour of Dasein towards being. By means of a conceptual-historical analysis throughout the Twenties, it is possible to point out that Heidegger considers the domain of the pre-predicative identical to the hermeneutical process. Nevertheless, on the basis of some indications that are to be found in Heidegger’s writings, we can trace the contours of a different history of the concept of “pre-predicative”, in which the latter hints at a deeper dimension of the human being – a dimension that can be designated as “pathic” or “prehermeneutical”. To this purpose, it is essential to investigate the concept of “pre-worldly” (vorweltlich), introduced by Heidegger in his first lecture course, his analysis of anxiety in 1929 and, finally, the image of the “great silence” (große Stille) in the later Contributions to Philosophy.

Existe um antepredicativo pático? Uma possível leitura do percurso heideggeriano

Phainomenon

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Although the term “pre-predicative” (vorprädikativ) is used only two times in Being and Time, it qualifies in an essential way the hermeneutical process in...

Existe um antepredicativo pático? Uma possível leitura do percurso heideggeriano

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 63 - 81

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Nov 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2021-0005

Keywords
pre-predicative, pathic, Heidegger, hermeneutical, language

© 2021 Chiara Pasqualin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Existe um antepredicativo pático? Uma possível leitura do percurso heideggeriano

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 63 - 81

Received: Sep 10, 2020

Accepted: Nov 09, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2021-0005

Keywordspre-predicative, pathic, Heidegger, hermeneutical, language

© 2021 Chiara Pasqualin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
pre-predicative, pathic, Heidegger, hermeneutical, language