From the sense of reality to the reality of sense. Haber as a common core to Heidegger and Zubiri

Abstract

The aim of this article is to illustrate the conditions for a zubirian transformation of Hermeneutics. The first step is the hypothesis about the possibility of finding a common core of thought to Heidegger and Zubiri. The author adopts the strategy of analyzing the reasons which are behind the heideggerian refusal of the concept of reality and behind the zubirian refusal of the concept of sense (at an original level). Then, He shows the possibility of finding in Heidegger’s philosophy some dimensions which are situated over the sense and the Bedeutsamkeit. At this stage, the concept of “haber” comes up related to the heideggerian expression «es gibt» and to the concept of Ereignis. At the end, the author argues that the common core lies in the prephilosophical sense of the word ousía, which is present both in Heidegger and in Zubiri. In this use of ousía, the author sees the intention of thinking the thing’s property, it’s belonging to itself. So, the concept of belonging becomes the key which links the expression «de suyo» to the concept of Ereignis. A
key which permits to translate the hermeneutical question in these words: «What is sense from its physical reality?»