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Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a method of getting to the heart of some matter by means of suggestions, hints, or allusions (what heidegger calls 'non-committal reference').

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of knowledge that hints at some deeper reality of some thing, say a cactus, without ever claiming to exhaust it. It does this by means of suggestions, hints, or allusions to the being of things that lies deeper than their presence to our consciousness.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea not of capturing the essence of a thing and explaining it with perfect theoretical clarity. Rather it concerns alluding to a phenomenon in our lives and encouraging us to live in such a way that we pay closer attention to it.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the idea that philosophy is a way of making things present without making them present.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the hidden meaning of phenomenology; it is how we can talk about facticity rather than sitting in silence.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the name for a new kind of theorizing that points to the facticity of life without reducing it to a set of surface qualities.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of thinking that does not represent things as objects viewed from the outside, but points toward their mysterious inwardness as unique events.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the best method for philosophy; not to convert everything into the presence-at-hand, but to hint or point toward the depths of the world, and doing this by projecting a world.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a way of resolving the seeming paradox of understanding the untheorizable concreteness of life without theorizing it.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an attempt to indicate or allude something more basic than science without becoming explicit - in short, the goal is to awaken the sheer fact that we find ourselves in a meaningful world.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an attempt to find seeds of illumination in ordinary language, and then use them creatively in an attempt to show what cannot be said directly. For instance, impersonal constructions such as "it's raining" and "it's thundering" can inspire a creative phrase such as "it's worlding".

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of admission and recognition that access to the phenomena is not originally theoretical and thus must be approached reflexively, requiring a retrieval of what is not given directly.

Formal indication (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term referring to the things that can’t be approached theoretically; examples, include concepts of existence, caring, comportment, life, death, facticity, the “I,” the “am” of “I am,” ruin, nothing, and philosophy.