Towards the Definition of Philosophy: With a Transcript of the Lecture-course 'On the Nature of the University and Academic Study'

Martin Heidegger

Athlone Press, 2000 - Philosophy - 194 pages

"Heidegger is widely regarded as the Twentieth Century's most original philosopher. This volume brings together the two seminal lecture courses of 1918 - The Idea of Philosophy and The Problem of Worldview and Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy of Value - as well as the lecture, On the Nature of the University and Academic Study."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

About the author

Martin Heidegger was born in Messkirch, Baden, Germany on September 22, 1889. He studied Roman Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Frieburg before joining the faculty at Frieburg as a teacher in 1915. Eight years later Heidegger took a teaching position at Marburg. He taught there until 1928 and then went back to Frieburg as a professor of philosophy. As a philosopher, Heidegger developed existential phenomenology. He is still widely regarded as one of the most original philosophers of the 20th century. Influenced by other philosophers of his time, Heidegger wrote the book, Being in Time, in 1927. In this work, which is considered one of the most important philosophical works of our time, Heidegger asks and answers the question "What is it, to be?" Other books written by Heidegger include Basic Writings, a collection of Heidegger's most popular writings; Nietzsche, an inquiry into the central issues of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy; On the Way to Language, Heidegger's central ideas on the origin, nature and significance of language; and What is Called Thinking, a systematic presentation of Heidegger's later philosophy. Since the 1960s, Heidegger's influence has spread beyond continental Europe and into a number of English-speaking countries. Heidegger died in Messkirch on May 26, 1976.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Towards the Definition of Philosophy: With a Transcript of the Lecture-course 'On the Nature of the University and Academic Study'; Athlone contemporary European thinkers; Issue 56 of Gesamtausgabe Series; Volume 56 of Landcare Research Science Series; The Collected Woks of Martin Heidegger , Vol 56/57
• Author: Martin Heidegger
• Publisher: Athlone Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0485115085, 9780485115086
• Length: 194 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern