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Heidegger and Whitehead: A Phenomenological Examination into the Intelligibility of Experience (Series in Continental Thought)
Ron L. Cooper
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Description for Heidegger and Whitehead: A Phenomenological Examination into the Intelligibility of Experience (Series in Continental Thought)
Hardcover. Argues that Martin Heidegger's Being and Time (1927) and Alfred North Whitehead's Process and Reality (1929) are aligned in opposing many elements of traditional Western philosophy and exhibit similar transcendental inquires into the structures that make human experience possible. Annotation copyrig Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time can be broadly termed a transcendental inquiry into the structures that make human experience possible. Such an inquiry reveals the conditions that render human experience intelligible. Using Being and Time as a model, I attempt to show that Alfred North Whitehead’s Process and Reality not only aligns with Being and Time in opposing many elements of traditional Western philosophy but also exhibits a similar transcendental inquiry.
With this reading, Process and Reality contains concepts much like Being-in-the-world, ecstatic temporality, and others found in Being and Time. More important, this interpretation considers Whitehead’s treatment of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Condition
New
Series
Series in Continental Thought
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821410608
SKU
V9780821410608
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About Ron L. Cooper
Ron Cooper is a native South Carolinian who received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University. He currently lives with his wife in St. Petersburg where he is Resource Center Director for the Florida Humanities Council and occasionally teaches as an adjunct at colleges around the Tampa Bay area.
Reviews for Heidegger and Whitehead: A Phenomenological Examination into the Intelligibility of Experience (Series in Continental Thought)
“Ron L. Cooper’s new book is a welcome addition to the unfortunately few discussions which bring together the seminal ideas of Martin Heidegger and Alfred North Whitehead.”