Heidegger

September 25, 2022

First Aired: June 28, 2015

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Best known for his work Being and Time, Martin Heidegger has been hailed by many as the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century. He has also been criticized for being both nearly unreadable and a Nazi. Yet there is no disputing his seminal place in the history of Western thought. So what did Heidegger mean when he wrote about world, being, and time? What significance does he still hold as a thinker today, especially as a philosopher of modern technology? Should we even read the works of a Nazi? John and Ken are present and ready with Thomas Sheehan from Stanford University, author of Making Sense of Heidegger: A Paradigm Shift.

 

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Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University

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Books:

Sheehan, Thomas. Making Sense of Heidegger: A Paradigm Shift.

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics.

 

Web Resources:

Wheeler, Michael. “Martin Heidegger.”The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Sheehan, Thomas interviewed by Richard Polt and Gregory Fried. “no one can jump over his own shadow.”

Rothman, Joshua. “Is Heidegger Contaminated by Nazism?The New Yorker.

BBC. “Heidegger, Life, and Philosophy.

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