Description
Book SynopsisFirst published in German in 1984 as volume 45 of Martin Heidegger's collected works, this book is an English translation of a lecture course he presented at the University of Freiburg in 1937-1938. Heidegger's task here is to reassert the question of the essence of truth, not as a problem of logic, but as the basic question of philosophy.
Trade ReviewA helpful elucidation of the truth as [Heidegger] sees it. . . . This excellent translation will be of great value to students of Heidegger's thought.
* Library Journal *
Well suited to the task of beckoning the novice onto the path of Heidegger's most arduous thought. . . . a useful introduction to the thought of one of our most original thinkers.
* International Studies in Philosophy *
Table of ContentsTranslators' Foreword
Preparatory Part: The Essence of Philosophy and the Question of Truth
Chapter One: Preliminary Interpretation of the Essence of Philosophy
Chapter Two: The Question of Truth as a Basic Question
Main Part: Foundational Issues in the Question of Truth
Chapter One: The Basic Question of the Essence of Truth as a Historical Reflection
Chapter Two: The Question of the Truth (Essentiality) of the Essence
Chapter Three: The Laying of the Ground as the Foundation for Grasping an Essence
Chapter Four: The Necessity of the Question of the Essence of Truth, on the Basis of the Beginning of the History of Truth
Chapter Five: The Need and the Necessity of the First Beginning and the Need and the Necessity of an Other Way to Question and to Begin
Appendices
The Question of Truth
From the First Draft
Editor's Afterword
