Heidegger''s Concept of Science

This Element argues that Heidegger's concept of science has two core features. Heidegger critiques a security-oriented concept of science, meanwhile advancing an access-oriented concept of science.

List of contents

Texts and Method of Citation; 1. Introduction: Heidegger's Concept of Science; 2. Key Concepts for the Early Heidegger's Approach to Science; 3. Heidegger's Critique of Physicalism in Being and Time; 4. The Early Heidegger on Science, Truth, and Authenticity; 5. Continuity and Development in the Later Heidegger's Approach to Science; 6. Heidegger and Heisenberg on Quantum Physics, Science, Technology, and Modernity; 7. Coda: Open Questions.

Summary

This Element argues that Heidegger's concept of science has two core features. Heidegger critiques a security-oriented concept of science, meanwhile advancing an access-oriented concept of science.

Foreword

Argues that two central features of Heidegger's philosophy of science are his concern with eudaimonia and critique of physicalism.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Goldberg, Goldberg Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009523554
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952355-4
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800