%0 Journal Article
%T Beyond Subjectivity: Kierkegaard¡¯s Self and Heidegger¡¯s Dasein
%A Tsutomu B. Yagi
%J Perspectives : International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy
%D 2009
%I 
%X In the following paper, I analyse and contrast the thoughts of Kierkegaard and Heidegger concerning the problem of existence. I undertake the analysis by first examining how these two thinkers distinguish themselves from the metaphysical tradition. As finite and temporal entities, Kierkegaard¡¯s self and Heidegger¡¯s Dasein mark a radicalisation over the notion of subjectivity in the metaphysical tradition. This gives philosophy a new way to acknowledge the limits of our finite existence instead of merely engaging in a purely conceptual and theoretical analysis. However, I conclude that Kierkegaard is still partly confined to the metaphysical conception when he fails to distinguish the existentiell aspect of the self from the existential aspect. I contend that Heidegger¡¯s Dasein is a further radicalisation over Kierkegaard¡¯s self in that the former is uniquely characterised by the openness of its way of Being.
%K existence
%K finitude
%K temporality
%K Dasein
%K self
%U http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/perspectives/resources/TBen%20Yagi.pdf