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A Critical Evaluation Of Martin Heidegger's Concept Of Being
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1.6 METHODOLOGY
Basically, we would be combining two methods
in this thesis. First is the analytic method which will enable us
reflect systematically, coherently, consistently, logically and
otherwise. If Being is veiled it is only through analyses that its
hiddeness shall be unveiled.
Secondly, we shall be employing the
critical method. This second method shall enable us to examine the
strength and weakness of Being as a concept.
LITERATURE REVIEW
The
first book under review here is titled Heidegger: A Beginner’s Guide,
authored by Michael Watts, published at Oxon by Hodder and Stroughton
press Ltd in 2007. The author’s informative text explores the following.
Heidegger’s background and the times he lived.
The central ideas of Heidegger’s work in simple terms.
Heidegger’s
influence on ecology, art and literature and lastly, the continuing
importance of Heidegger to philosophy and contemporary thought. The next
work to be reviewed here is titled: A Commentary On Heidegger’s Being
And Time, written by Michael Gelven, published by Northern:
Illinois-university press, 1989. For the author, Heidegger equiperates
Being with Time (Zein und Zeit). For him, existence within time refers
to our fundamental way of Being which simultaneously spans and is
constituted by the three dimensions of time-past, present and future.
The third book under review is titled: The Cambridge Companion To
Heidegger, edited by Christian Guignon and published by Cambridge
university press, 1996. The central theme of this companion is
fundamental ontology. By this Heidegger understands the critical or
preliminary step of first studying the human being before one then
pursues the investigation of the ‘sein’. It is the preliminary analytic
of the Dasien which is the sole focus where the Being-question is posed
and tackled.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The central focus of this work is to critically evaluate Heidegger’s concept of being and other related issues. Being has been a very intriguing issue that has held philosophers spell bound over the years. Philosophers throughout the ages have tried to give it their own interpretation based on the way they have conceived it. Heidegger, in response to the problem of being, arose to develop a largely acceptable interpretation of what he conceives as being. Whether he succeeded would be an i ... Continue reading---
