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The Basic Problems of Phenomenology, Revised Edition

Martin Heidegger

A lecture course that Martin Heidegger gave in 1927, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology continues and extends explorations begun in Being and Time. In this text, Heidegger provides the general outline of his thinking about the fundamental problems of philosophy, which he treats by means of phenomenology, and which he defines and explains as the basic problem of ontology.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publish Date: Aug 22nd, 1988
  • Pages: 432
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - 0002
  • Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 1.00in - 1.15lb
  • EAN: 9780253204783
  • Categories: History & Surveys - ModernMovements - Phenomenology

About the Author

Albert Hofstadter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His translation of Heidegger's Poetry, Language, Thought received a National Book Award.

Praise for this book

"This volume belongs in every collection on Heidegger and is required reading for anyone interested in this major thinker."--Religious Studies Review

"In Albert Hofstadter's excellent translation, we can listen in as Heidegger clearly and patiently explains . . . the ontological difference."--Times Literary Supplement

"Perhaps the most generally accessible text that Heidegger published. . . . The translation is superb."--Key Reporter

"For all students and scholars, Basic Problems will provide the "missing link" between Husserl and Heidegger, between phenomenology and Being and Time."--Teaching Philosophy