File spoon-archives/heidegger.archive/heidegger_1998/heidegger.9807, message 48


Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 07:36:05 -0700
From: Mike Staples <mstaples-AT-argusqa.com>
Subject: Re: Mind & Body, One More Time


Prof. Dr. Rafael Capurro wrote:

> You will find much more
> concrete support on this (I think this is what you are mainly looking
> for)
> if you read Medard Boss: Grundriss (again, in German; may be there is
> an
> English translation), which was also _re-viewed_ by H., and the works
> of the
> School of Daseinsanalyse from Zuerich. There you will surely find much
> more
> of what you want.

You have mentioned Medard Boss several times now, Dr. Capurro, and I'll
have to admit that I read his "Foundations" and didn't think much of it.
It seemed to me at the time I read it that Heidegger's hand  in editing
the work was quite present in the first half of the book that dealt
mainly with the issues of philosophy. But when the issues turned to
pulling this philosophy into a psychology, I felt almost as if Boss was
on his own. In Boss says early on that Heidegger was responsible for the
philosophical editing (and he makes a point out of it).

I have been waiting patiently for the Zolikon lectures to be translated.
Your point about learning German is well taken. My own lack of German
has been a big dissapointment to me. I worked for the Siemens
corporation for some years, and had a great opportunity to dive into the
language but, somehow just didn't select that path.

Are you particularly drawn to Boss because you have really dug into his
writing and he makes wonderful sense to you, or is it that he is just
the most likely game in town when it comes to an attempt to see how
Heidegger fits with psychology? I'm not being flippant here, I'm really
interested in your perspective.

Michael S.



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