Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (A Midland Book) - Softcover

Heidegger, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253200857 ISBN 13: 9780253200853

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1962

Synopsis

Heidegger, Martin. Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. Translated with an Introduction by James S. Churchill. Foreword by Thomas Langan. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1962. 19,5 cm x 13 cm. XXV, 255 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some occasional underlining and some very few annotations by Prof. Parkes in fine pencil (erasable). From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper. Includes for example the following essays: The Stages of the Realization of the Projection of the Intrinsic Possibility of Ontology / The Transcendental Imagination and the Problem of Human Pure Reason etc etc. Martin Heidegger (26 September 1889 - 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher and a seminal thinker in the Continental tradition, particularly within the fields of existential phenomenology and philosophical hermeneutics. From his beginnings as a Catholic academic, he developed a groundbreaking and widely influential philosophy. His best known book, Being and Time (1927), is considered one of the most important philosophical works of the 20th century. In it and later works, Heidegger maintained that our way of questioning defines our nature. He argued that Western thinking had lost sight of being. Finding ourselves as always already moving within ontological presuppositions, we lose touch with our grasp of being and its truth becomes muddled. As a solution to this condition, Heidegger advocated a change in focus from ontologies based on ontic determinants to the fundamental ontological elucidation of being-in-the-world in general, allowing it to reveal, or unconceal itself as concealment. (Wikipedia).

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Review

With every passing year . . . this work continues to grow in significance and stature. Publication of this new translation could not be more timely . . . a finely nuanced translation . . . This authoritative English translation will play an important role in determining Heidegger's reputation in the coming years. An essential acquisition for all collections. (Choice)

One of Heidegger’s most important and extraordinary works. . . . indispensable for anyone interested in Heidegger’s thought as well as in current trends in hermeneutics, ethics, and political philosophy. (Interpretation)

Heidegger’s interpretation of Kant remains a challenging way to address the issues that both Kant and Heidegger saw as crucial. . . . In reading [Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics] we can struggle with some basic issues of human existence in the company of two great minds. (International Philosophical Quarterly)

About the Author

Richard Taft is former Research Fellow at Trinity College, Hartford, and former Fulbright Fellow at the Hegel Archive of the Ruhr University in Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0253200857
• ISBN 13: 9780253200853
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English