Heidegger's Temporal Idealism

by William D. Blattner

Book Overview

This book is a systematic reconstruction of Heidegger's account of time and temporality in Being and Time. The author locates Heidegger in a tradition of temporal idealism with its sources in Plotinus, Leibniz, and Kant. For Heidegger, time can only be explained in terms of originary temporality, a concept integral to his ontology. Professor Blattner sets out not only the foundations of Heidegger's ontology, but also his phenomenology of the experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020948
• ISBN13: 9780521020947
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"