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Otto Dennis
Department of philosophy, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria
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Heidegger's notion of truth as Alethia: a critical exposition Itohowo Ignatius; Iniobong Umotong; Otto Dennis
International Journal of Humanities and Innovation (IJHI) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): June
Publisher : Center for Humanities and Innovation Studies

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33750/ijhi.v5i2.153

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This paper is a critical exposition of Heidegger's concept of truth. The concept of truth has been an age-long discourse amongst scholars. This is because the notion cannot be extrapolated from man's being as a knowledge-seeking being. However, after many years of articulation and scholarship, questions like 'what constitutes truth?' or 'what is the nature of truth?' are yet to receive satisfactory answers. Every definition of truth tends to give rise to other perplexing philosophical problems. The three outstanding theories of truth (correspondence, coherence, and pragmatic theories) seem inefficient in answering the questions above. Heidegger then admonishes that we go back to the ancient Greek understanding of the notion, which meant 'unconcealment.' Upon this return, this research employs critical and analytic methods to expose the notion of truth as Aletheia, from Heidegger's perspective and its objections. Heidegger's truth is tied to the being of Dasein. He believes that truth only exists because Dasein exists to show it. This research asserts that when truth is regarded as Aletheia (disclosure), there are at least three repercussions of this character of truth. Truth is not limited to propositions; rather, it is discovered via many forms of Being-in-the-World. Second, truth is not only a matter of language and thought, but also the revelation of worldly creatures. Lastly, the truth, as Aletheia is constantly simultaneously exposing and hiding current events; that is, the truth is always in the process of becoming, as it is always in the process of being.
A critical exposition of Bergson's process philosophy Godwin Okon Asuquo; Iniobong D. Umotong; Otto Dennis
International Journal of Humanities and Innovation (IJHI) Vol. 5 No. 3 (2022): September
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This paper is a critical and expository study of the basic ideas in the process thought of Henri Bergson. Process philosophy is one of the oldest traditions in metaphysics, traceable to the doctrine of Heraclitus, an ancient Greek thinker. It is opposed to the idea of the Milesian thinkers like Thales and Anaximenes, who believed that reality consists of an unchanging substance that persists. Overtime, the view that reality is a novelty and, as such creative became a discourse of interest, either implicitly or explicitly, for many philosophers in the different epochs of western philosophy. As a result, different ideas emerged in an attempt to explain processes. However, these ideas have been discovered to point toward two directions – mechanism and finalism. As against this stance which pointed toward an end to the creative and novel posture of reality, Henri Bergson came up with his philosophy of multiple virtualities. However, how successful was his project? In this paper, therefore, we critically assess some strengths and weaknesses of the basic ideas in his thought process. However, though we have noted some inherent problems in his thought, Bergson’s idea of reality as multiple virtualities gives room to reality as continually processual, overcoming the mechanistic or finalistic you of other thinkers.
Co-Authors Godwin Okon Asuquo Iniobong D. Umotong Iniobong Umotong Itohowo Ignatius