Heidegger's temporal idealism
By: William D. Blattner.
Series: Modern European philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.; Time.; Idealism.
Description: 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 be explained only 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 of time.

Focusing on a neglected but central aspect of Being and Time, this book will be of considerable interest to all students of Heidegger both inside and outside philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.