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A Critical Evaluation Of Martin Heidegger's Concept Of Being
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The fourth book to be reviewed here is authored by
Pantaleon Iroegbu titled Metaphysics: The Kpim Of Philosophy, published
in Owerri in 1995 by international university press Ltd. The author,
insist here that Being is the fundamental bedrock of any metaphysics.
For Ireogbu, Being is and non-beings is not. Being is englobing and
encompassing. It signifies the totality of reality. He especially
devoted chapter 17 of this work to explaining, analyzing and evaluating
Heidegger ontological difference. For Heidegger, the question of Being
has today been forgotten, the challenge therefore, and that is
Heidegger’s metaphysical project is that the question of the meaning of
Being must be re-formulated,
The next book under review is titled:
The Problem Of Metaphysics, authored by Fredrick Sontag, published in
Pennsylvania by chandler publishing company in 1970. According to the
author, philosophy, in so far as it is, is a search for first principles
is the basic assumption implicit in any question in metaphysics. It
teaches us a radical form of questioning. In this sense, “Metaphysics is
simply basic of philosophyâ€. The search for and the questioning of
first principles. The author insist here that metaphysics deals with
problems which themselves involves even more fundamental problems, and
the exasperation involves in this difficult enterprise comes from an
impartial desire simply to settle a question without first reformulating
and criticizing the question itself. One of these basic metaphysical
problem is that of the true meaning of Being. Chapter six (6) of this
book centers on the problem of being as Heidegger encountered it when he
contrasted being with non-being.
The last book under review here is
titled Delimitations, Phenomenology And The End Of Metaphysics, authored
by John Salles, published by Indiana university press in 1986. Chapter
seven of this book is devoted to the origins of Heidegger’s thought and
the questions of Being. The author argues that the historical origins of
Heidegger’s thoughts in the restricted sense specified are thus
constituted by Husserlian phenomenology and Greek ontology. However, the
basics question is “How is it that Being is what remains in thought in
the appeal to the things themselves? How is it that a
radical-phenomenology must become ontology?â€
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Gelven, Michael, (1989), A Commentary On Heidegger’s Being And Time, (Illonis: Nothern Illonis University Press.
Guignon, Christian, (1995), The Cambridge University Companion To Heidegger, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Ltd.
Iroegbu, Pantaleon, (1995), Metaphysics: The Kpim Of Phylosophy, Owerri International University Press ltd.
Heidegger, Martin, (1962), Being And Time, (trans) by John Macquarrie, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Kenny, Anthony (2010), A New History Of Western Philosophy, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Salles, John, (1986), Delimitations: Phenomenology And The End Of Metaphysics, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Sontag, Fredrick, (1970), Problems Of Metaphysics, Pensylavania: A Chandler Series.
Watts, Martin, (2007), Heidegger: A Beginner’s guide, Oxon: Hodder and Stoughton Press.
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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---
