Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation

Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation

by Herman Philipse
Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation

Heidegger's Philosophy of Being: A Critical Interpretation

by Herman Philipse

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Overview

This scrupulously researched and rigorously argued book is the first to interpret and evaluate the central topic of Martin Heidegger's philosophy—his celebrated "Question of Being"—in the context of the full range of Heidegger's thought. With this comprehensive approach, Herman Philipse distinguishes in unprecedented ways the center from the periphery, the essential from the incidental in Heidegger's philosophy. Among other achievements, this allows him to shed new light on the controversial relationship between Heidegger's life and thought—in particular the connections between his philosophy and his involvement with Nazism.

Philipse begins by explaining which problems an interpretation of Heidegger's question of being should solve, and he specifies which type of interpretation is the best basis for an evaluation of Heidegger's thought. He then identifies various strands or leitmotifs in Heidegger's idea of being, and shows how these strands hang together in the philosopher's work. In doing so, Philipse offers new insights into Heidegger's views on such subjects as human existence, authenticity, logic, and language, and into his readings of such philosophers as Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche. Philipse then integrates into his interpretation of Heidegger's overall theory the latest scholarship about the philosopher's engagement with Nazism. Finally, Philipse examines the fundamental structures of Heidegger's philosophy and assesses whether Heidegger's views are true, probable, or possess some other epistemic or existential value.

As the most thorough interpretation of Heidegger's theory of being now available, this work represents a new phase in the vigorous debate about the philosopher's life and works.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691001197
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 01/17/1999
Pages: 576
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Herman Philipse is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leiden in The Netherlands. In addition to books in Dutch on such subjects as Husserl's philosophy of logic, Descartes' ethical theory, and atheism, he has published articles in English on epistemology, philosophy of mind, Husserl, Heidegger, and Wittgenstein.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Ch. IIntroduction3
1Heidegger Absconditus4
2Heidegger on Logic9
3The Philosophy of Sein und Zeit15
4The Question of Being: Six Problems31
5Ways of Interpretation45
Ch. IIAnalysis67
6An Interpretative Hypothesis68
7The Meta-Aristotelian Theme77
8The Phenomenologico-Hermeneutical Theme98
9The Transcendental Theme121
10The Neo-Hegelian Theme151
11The Postmonotheist Theme172
Ch. IIISynthesis211
12Forms of Synthesis214
13The Turn (die Kehre)233
14Heidegger and Hitler246
15Heidegger and Nietzsche276
Ch. IVCritique291
16The Later Works296
17An Evaluation of Sein und Zeit317
18Death and the Multitude346
Conclusion375
List of Abbreviations387
Notes389
Bibliography533
Index545

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