I see Heidegger working in this way to do a number of things. Chief among these is the problem of
separating "us" from "they". Perhaps this is not so much Heidegger's intent as what I am reading into him. The question is: where does our conscious come from, and how does it relate to being-authentic. In this sense, there is a difference between what is going on inside, our inner voice, this "caller", the conscious, and the mere echoing of the Other, the "they". Conscious is both a caller and the called, in short, I feel that it is a way of understanding - a way of understanding which leads us to authentic existence. Heidegger spoke in another piece about the
Tao; I think that there is a certain
Tao to understanding the way in which the conscious speaks to us in order that we might be authentic, or exist in an authentic manner. Authenticity implies choice; but
Dasein cannot make choices - but
Dasein can listen, and when we listen to the call, we are, in fact, making a choice.
Conscious is
disclosedness, as Heidegger puts it.
Dasein seeks this
disclosedness, or rather, it runs from it, in the misguided notion that to run from
disclosedness is freedom, but should seek it in order to be authentic, and hence truly free. To be authentic is to live in
disclosedness. By living in accord with the conscious, we become disclosed, and thus, authentic beings-in-the-world.
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