Introduction to metaphysics
by Martin Heidegger, Gregory Fried, Richard Polt
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Why is there anything at all, instead of nothing? How are we to understand what it is to be? Heidegger argues, in magisterial, flowing and esoteric language, that Western civilisation has gone wrong because it has systematically misunderstood this question. Instead, he claims that we have tried to understand physical things themselves. We have confused appearance with reality: we have replaced understanding with reason, wonder with technology, and use with exploitation. His answer is a return to the beginnings of our thinking to achieve a more sustainable view of the world and a corre
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…that in say, 1920, had you had asked who was the most important philosopher in the world likely the answer would have been 'Bergson.' I think he still has a lot to say to us in 2013. I'd start with his Introduction to Metaphysics and then to Matter and Memory. Thanks for the exchange Steve, very fun stuff.
on “_why is a role, not a person” ↗…ones): Being and Time – Martin Heidegger The Principle of Reason – Martin Heidegger Phenomenology of Perception – Maurice Merleau-Ponty New Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time – Ernesto Laclau Introduction to Metaphysics – Martin Heidegger The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy) – Martin Heidegger History of Western Philosophy – Bertrand Russell
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