What Is a Human Being? - A Heideggerian View

Klappentext Olafson develops Heidegger's philosophy and yields a distinctive new alternative in the philosophy of mind. Zusammenfassung This book is at once an important application of Heidegger's thought to contemporary philosophical discussion! and a profound argument for a humanistic rather than scientific account of what it is to be a human being. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Inside and outside; 2. Perception as presence; 3. Presence and absence; 4. Individuation; 5. Polarity and agency; 6. Bodies; 7. The entity each of us is; Conclusion; Index.

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• Authors: Frederick A. Olafson, Frederick A. (University of California Olafson, Olafson Frederick A.
• Assisted by: Robert B. Pippin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.1995
• EAN: 9780521479370
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47937-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Modern European Philosophy (Pa; Modern European Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Phenomenology and Existentialism