Heidegger’s Davos debate with Cassirer framed philosophy as exposing Dasein’s nothingness.

Evidence

Heidegger maintained in the discussion that philosophy’s task was to show humanity, in spite of all its freedom, the nothingness of its Dasein', from the corrupt point of view of someone who merely uses the works of the intellect to throw humanity back into the severity of its fate’. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 417

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Heidegger’s nothingness nihilates itself rather than being a Being; The Davos debate was perceived as a generational rupture between Enlightenment and existentialism — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 243; Heidegger’s positive descriptions of Dasein mask hidden negations — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 216 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Davos debate was perceived as a generational rupture between Enlightenment and existentialism #corroborates (0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 243
• Heidegger’s nothingness nihilates itself rather than being a Being #expands (0.75)
• All determination is surpassing, and Dasein directs it toward itself #expands (0.75)
• Heidegger’s positive descriptions of Dasein mask hidden negations #expands (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 216