Ontology: The Hermeneutics of Facticity (Studies in Continental Thought) (Hardcover)

by Martin Heidegger (Author), John Van Buren (Translator), John van Buren (Author) "The expression "hermeneutics" is used here to indicate the unified manner of the engaging, approaching, accessing, interrogating, and explicating of facticity..." (more)
Key Phrases: factical spatiality, true safekeeping, temporal particularity, The Decline of the West, The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Husserl's Logical Investigations (more...)

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"With thematic trajectories pointing both toward and beyond Being and Time, this translation ... is of enormous significance for students of the development of Heidegger's early thought." - Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Boston University

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"With thematic trajectories pointing both toward and beyond Being and Time, this translation... is of enormous significance for students of the development of Heidegger's early thought." -- Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Boston University

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 138 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (July 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253335078
• ISBN-13: 978-0253335074
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,034,121 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FASCINATING AND CHALLENGING, July 7, 2003

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This translation of Heidegger's lectures at Freiburg during the summer of 1923 represents an important event in English-speaking Heidegger scholarship. Van Buren has done a masterful job, and rendered us all a real service.

This lecture contains some of the most interesting material from Heidegger's entire corpus. His historical analysis of hermeneutics and of the concept of "man" in the Western philosophical tradition are only the beginning - the whole lecture is simply riveting. Anyone with an interest in Heidegger needs to own this book. The same goes for those who have only heard of Heidegger from the blithering obscurantists who pass themselves off as "scholars." Here is Heidegger addressing issues of real philosophical import with insight and lucidity. A fascinating and challenging piece!

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1.0 out of 5 stars bad comment, October 5, 2008

By	C. M. Ellis (Real Town USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Ontology--The Hermeneutics of Facticity (Studies in Continental Thought) (Paperback)

This book is thoroughly worthless. It will add absolutely nothing to your knowledge of Heidegger. It does not clarify Being and Time one bit. Do not waste your money on it. On the other hand, the History of the Concept of Time lecture is very worthwile; buy it instead: it will teach you something about Husserlian phenomenology qua categorial intuition, the apriori, and intentionality, and by reading between the lines you can get a sense of how Heidegger diverges. But with the book in question, you won't even learn anything about hermeneutics or about facticity. Instead you'll get a whole lot of talk about Spengler. NOT worth more than $5!!