The Christian Century: Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy in Light of the Unpublished Seminars of 1933-1935
Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy in Light of the Unpublished Seminars of 1933-1935
Heidegger once delivered a famous lecture called "What Is Metaphysics." After he finished and a baffled silence a student raised his hand. "But Professor Heidegger," he asked, "what is metaphysics?" To which Heidegger responded, "That is a very good question." To this old wives tale I'd add the suggestion that the answer also changes, because "physics" changes.
The Conversation: Heidegger’s notebooks reveal an early blindness to the Nazis’ reality
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is easily the most controversial philosopher in the 20th century. To a large extent this is due to his implication in Nazism, which is a scandal to some, a fascinating ...
The Conversation: Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti‑semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today
The story of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and his posthumous reception almost reads like the plot of an airport spy thriller. Review: Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and ...
Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti‑semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...
Metaphysics is a very broad field, and metaphysicians attempt to answer questions about how the world is. Ontology is a related sub-field, partially within metaphysics, that answers questions of what things exist in the world. An ontology posits which entities exist in the world.