Heidegger and the contradiction of Being: a dialetheic interpretation of the late Heidegger

The recent engagement between analytic philosophy and Heideggerian thought: Logic and language

“…To conclude, let's consider some exegetical remarks. The only attempt at showing that Heidegger was a dialetheist has been made by Casati (). Focusing on Heidegger's late production, Casati argues that Heidegger takes the contradiction of Being to be true.…”

“…On the contrary, we should not decide at all; we should be indifferent because Being both is an entity and is not. Casati (, p. 17) writes: “[Being] essentially occurs in the Event, and the Event, in turn, is grounded on the human being's decision of not deciding whether [Being] is an entity or not. Here, the decision of not deciding is understood as accepting the contradictory nature of Being.”…”

“…This first ontological paradox is discussed in Casati (, ), Moore (), and Priest (). A less clear description of this paradox can be found in Dahlstrom ().…”

A Note on Priest's Mereology

“…In the last several years, paraconsistent mereology has begun to be developed and applied to a range of philosophical issues, from puzzles about boundaries [13], to the Meinongian 'problem of nothingness' [1,2,10], to the metaphysics of unity [9]. Because these formal systems are fresh out of the package, as it were, there will inevitably be some wrinkles that need ironing out.…”

“…He defines the parthood relation ≤ using the standard definition: x ≤ y :≡ x < y ∨ x = y; he also defines mereological overlap • as x • y :≡ ∃z(z ≤ x ∧ z ≤ y). 1 Here are his axioms:…”