Heidegger`s Philosophy of Being

by Herman Philopse

This scrupulously researched and rigorously argued book is the first to interpret and evaluate the central topic of Maritn Heidegger`s philosophy his celebrated question of being in the context of the full range of Heidegger`s thought. With this comprehensive approach Herman Philipse distinguishes in unprecedented ways the center from the incidental in Heidegger`s philosophy.Phillopse begins by explaining which problems an interpretation of Heidegger;`s question of being should solve and he specifies which type of interpretation is the best basis for an evaluation of Heidegger`s idea of being and shows. Herman Philipse is professor of philosophy at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. In addition to books in dutch on such subjects as Husserl`s philosophy of logic descartes ethical theory and atheism he has published articles in english on epistemology philosophy of mind Husserl, Heidegger and Wittgenstein.