Ideas of Martin Heidegger, by Theme

[German, 1889 - 1976, Born at Messkirch. Professor at the University of Freiburg for most of his life.]

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
15585 Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Polt]
15586 When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
15582 Perhaps the aim of philosophy is to abolish sham problems
1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology
22223 Being-in-the-world is projection to possibilities, thrownness among them, and fallenness within them [Caputo]
22158 Pheomenology seeks things themselves, without empty theories, problems and concepts
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
15574 'Logos' really means 'making something manifest' [Polt]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
21953 For Heidegger there is 'ontic' truth or 'uncoveredness', as in "he is a true friend" [Wrathall]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth
15569 Heidegger says truth is historical, and never absolute [Polt]
5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 2. Platonism in Logic
15571 The idea of an atemporal realm of validity is as implausible as medieval theology
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
21897 Reducing being to the study of beings too readily accepts the modern scientific view [May]
15573 For us, Being is constituted by awareness of other sorts of Being
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)
8134 The word 'dasein' is used to mean 'the manner of Being which man possesses', and also the human creature [Cooper,DE]
8135 'Dasein' is Being which is laid claim to, and which matters to its owner [Cooper,DE]
21948 Dasein is being which can understand itself, and possess itself in a way allowing authenticity
9273 Heidegger turns to 'Being' to affirm the uniqueness of humans in the world [Gray]
22157 Dasein is a mode of Being distinguished by concern for its own Being
8137 Dasein is ahead of itself in the world, and alongside encountered entities
21951 In company with others one's Dasein dissolves, and even the others themselves dissolve
20745 'Dasein' expresses not 'what' the entity is, but its being
15584 I say the manifestation of Being needs humans, and humans only exist as reflected in Being
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
7680 Ontology is possible only as phenomenology
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Reality
22161 Readiness-to-hand defines things in themselves ontologically
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
15576 Heidegger seeks a non-traditional concept of essence as 'essential unfolding' [Polt]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
15578 Propositions don't provide understanding, because the understanding must come first [Polt]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique
22159 If we posit 'I' as the starting point, we miss the mind's phenomenal content
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism
22160 Our relationship to a hammer strengthens when we use
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / d. Sense-data problems
15580 There are no raw sense-data - our experiences are of the sound or colour of something
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
20749 Perceived objects always appear in a context
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
22163 The scandal of philosophy is expecting to prove reality when the prover's Being is vague
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / b. Purpose of mind
21949 Having thoughts and feelings need engagement in the world [Wrathall]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds
22222 Dasein finds itself already amongst others [Caputo]
8136 If we work and play with other people, they are bound to be 'Dasein', intelligent agents [Cooper,DE]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 6. Anti-Individualism
22164 When Dasein grasps something it exists externally alongside the thing
16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents
15579 My active existence is defined by being able to say 'I can'
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body
15583 Certainty that I will die is more basic to my existence than the Cogito
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
22162 There is an everyday self, and an authentic self, when it is grasped in its own way
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
20114 Everyone is other, and no one is himself
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions
15577 Moods are more fundamentally revealing than theories - as when fear reveals a threat [Polt]
22. Metaethics / A. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
20748 We do not add value to naked things; its involvement is disclosed in understanding it
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
22166 Dasein has the potential to be itself, but must be shown this in the midst of ordinariness
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
21952 Anxiety about death frees me to live my own life [Wrathall]
22165 Anxiety reveals the possibility and individuality of Dasein
22224 Anxiety is the uncanniness felt when constantly fleeing from asserting one's own freedom [Caputo]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
20767 Culture is now dominated by boredom, so universal it is unnoticed [Aho]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence
15572 Being what it is (essentia) must be conceived in terms of Being (existence)
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
20453 Heidegger says we must either choose an inauthentic hero, or choose yourself as hero [Critchley]
15581 Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be