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- Heidegger and Plato: Toward Dialogue
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- 2005
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
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For Martin Heidegger the "fall" of philosophy into metaphysics begins with Plato. Thus, the relationship between the two philosophers is crucial to an understanding of Heidegger--and, perhaps, even to the whole plausibility of postmodern critiques of metaphysics. It is also, as the essays in this volume attest, highly complex, and possibly founded on a questionable understanding of Plato.
As editors Catalin Partenie and Tom Rockmore remark, a simple way to describe Heidegger's reading of Plato might be to say that what began as an attempt to appropriate Plato (and through him a large portion of Western philosophy) finally ended in an estrangement from both Plato and Western philosophy. The authors of this volume consider Heidegger's thought in relation to Plato before and after the "Kehre" or turn. In doing so, they take up various central issues in Heidegger's Being and Time (1927) and thereafter, and the questions of hermeneutics, truth, and language. The result is a subtle and multifaceted reinterpretation of Heidegger's position in the tradition of philosophy, and of Plato's role in determining that position.
As editors Catalin Partenie and Tom Rockmore remark, a simple way to describe Heidegger's reading of Plato might be to say that what began as an attempt to appropriate Plato (and through him a large portion of Western philosophy) finally ended in an estrangement from both Plato and Western philosophy. The authors of this volume consider Heidegger's thought in relation to Plato before and after the "Kehre" or turn. In doing so, they take up various central issues in Heidegger's Being and Time (1927) and thereafter, and the questions of hermeneutics, truth, and language. The result is a subtle and multifaceted reinterpretation of Heidegger's position in the tradition of philosophy, and of Plato's role in determining that position.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. xix-xxviii
- Heidegger on Truth and Being
- pp. 121-139
- Remarks on Heidegger’s Plato
- pp. 178-191
- Appendix 2: Further Reading
- pp. 220-222
- References
- pp. 223-232
- Contributors
- pp. 233-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810161887
Related ISBN(s)
9780810122321, 9780810122338
MARC Record
OCLC
316327238
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No