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Heidegger on Logic is for those investigating the relationship between metaphysics and logic generally and, in particular, the approach to this investigation advanced by the twentieth-century German philosopher, Martin Heidegger. The book will be of value to scholars working in philosophy, the history of ideas, and German studies.
List of contents
Part I. Normativity, the Phenomenology of Assertions, and Productive Logic: 1. Heidegger's phenomenology and the normativity of logic Steven Crowell; 2. Heidegger on the change-over in assertions Stephan Käufer; 3. Heidegger's productive logic Richard Polt; Part II. Language, Logic, and Nonsense: 4. Logic, language, and the question of method in Heidegger Sacha Golob; 5. Nonsense at work: Heidegger, the Logical, and the Ontological David R. Cerbone; 6. Heidegger's 'destruction' of traditional logic Françoise Dastur; Part III. Paradox, the Prospects for Ontology, and Beyond: 7. Heidegger, being, and all that is and is so: On paradoxes, and questions, of being Denis McManus; 8. Logic and attunement: Reading Heidegger through Priest and Wittgenstein Edward Witherspoon; 9. Heidegger and the authority of logic Kris McDaniel; 10. On the limits and possibilities of human thinking Filippo Casati; Part IV. Logical Principles and the Question of Being: 11. The resonant principle of reason K. A. Withy; 12. Heidegger's contradictions Daniel O. Dahlstrom.
Summary
Heidegger on Logic is for those investigating the relationship between metaphysics and logic generally and, in particular, the approach to this investigation advanced by the twentieth-century German philosopher, Martin Heidegger. The book will be of value to scholars working in philosophy, the history of ideas, and German studies.
Foreword
This volume examines the implications of Heidegger's thinking for logic and for speaking logically of being in contrast to beings.
