Description
Heidegger is widely regarded as the 20th Century's most original philosopher. Towards the Definition of Philosophy brings together - in their first English translation - two of his seminal lecture courses, The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview and Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy Value, as well as the lecture, On the Nature of the University and Academic Study. The volume also includes a short glossary.
Table of Contents
Translator's Foreword
Publisher's Note
I. The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview
Preliminary Remarks
Introduction
Part I. The Idea of Philosophy as Primordial Science
1. The Search for a Methodological Way
2. Critique of Teleological-Critical Method
Part II. Phenomenology as Pre-Theoretical Primordial Science
1. Analysis of the Structure of Experience
2. The Problem of Presuppositions
3. Primordial Science as Pre-Theoretical Science
II. Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy of Value
Introduction
Part I. Historical Presentation of the Problem
1. The Genesis of Philosophy of Value as the Cultural Philosophy of the Present
2. Windelband's Grounding of Modern Transcendental Philosophy of Value
3. The Further Development of Value-Philosophy by Rickert
Part II. Critical Considerations
Appendix I: On the Nature of the University and Academic Study
Appendix II: The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview
Short Glossary
Author(s)
Martin Heidegger,
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is regarded as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers.
Ted Sadler, Ted Sadler was formerly Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia. His publications include Heidegger and Aristotle: The Question of Being (Continuum, 1996) and Nietzsche: Truth and Redemption (Continuum, 1995).
Reviews
"It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of these lecture courses for an understanding of the development of Heidegger's thinking; yet in the very act of illuminating this development, they also throw new light on many of the most fundamental ideas figuring in 'Being and Time' itself. This book will be essential reading for anyone looking for the argumentation behind Heidegger's unique conception of human existence."--Ian Lyne, University of Durham
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