Discussing truth via Heidegger in connection with dynamic thinking in Goethe and Bortoft. Truth as letting beings be vs correspondence theory.
Thinkers/Authors Quoted or Cited: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Martin Heidegger, Henri Bortoft
Others mentioned in passing: Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckhart, William Blake, Luke Howard, Bernt Capra, Fritjof Capra, Thomas Kuhn
Concepts: Dynamic thinking, Correspondence Theory of Truth vs The Essence of Truth as Unconcealment (aletheia / ἀλήθεια ), Heidegger’s Fourfold (das Geviert)
Works Cited/Mentioned:
Vom Wesen der Wahrheit / On the Essence of Truth (Heidegger)
Taking Appearance Seriously (Bortoft)
Howards Ehrengedächtnis (Goethe)
English version of poem described and contained here
The Turning Point (Fritjof Capra)
Additional relevant clips and links:
John Heard reciting English translation of Pablo Neruda’s “Los Enigmas” from Mindwalk
Link to lecture regarding Heidegger’s On the Essence of Truth
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