Is he the most unworthy person who ever called himself a "philosopher"? An apologist for Nazism? Or is he the undisputed leader of mainland philosophy? As one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, Heidegger is elusive and his thoughts are complex and vast. The author of this book mainly focuses on the themes of being-in-the-world, inauthenticity, guilt, destiny, and truth discussed in Heidegger's masterpiece "Being and Time", and provides in-depth and simple explanations, allowing the philosopher to step out of his inherent language and style and connect with different ideas.
Reader comments
This book is simply fantastic, and I have to praise the author of this introduction. It is popular yet logical, interesting yet rigorous, which makes it difficult for me to imagine that it was written by an analytical philosophy scholar. Or maybe it is my stereotype. Isn't such excellent language expression ability worthy of its name - this analytical philosophy scholar!
The book uses too many inaccurate words, such as "transcendental" and "a priori." These Kantian terms are inapplicable in Heidegger's system and can easily cause misunderstanding. It is easy to equate Heidegger's dynamic existential structure with Kant's static transcendental structure. Does Heidegger himself often say these words?
This book is simply fantastic, and I have to praise the author of this introduction. It is popular yet logical, interesting yet rigorous, which makes it difficult for me to imagine that it was written by an analytical philosophy scholar. Or maybe it is my stereotype. Isn't such excellent language expression ability worthy of its name - this analytical philosophy scholar! The book uses too many inaccurate words, such as "transcendental" and "a priori." These Kantian terms are inapplicable in Heidegger's system and can easily cause misunderstanding. It is easy to equate Heidegger's dynamic existential structure with Kant's static transcendental structure. Does Heidegger himself often say these words?