Heidegger, Martin
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SEE HANNAH ARENDT
SEE HUSSERL
Importance of Heidegger
- Heidegger generated a formal philosophical system [ epistemology ] for discussing the human condition [ ontology ] as it appeared to many people in the 20th century.
- He is widely credited with influencing existentialism.
Yeah, but wasn't he a Nazi?
- True, Heidegger was a member of the party for a while, but this may have been the only way of preserving his career.
- We do know that he was associated with Hannah Arendt, a prominent Jewish political theorist.
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