Heidegger's philosophy of science / Trish Glazebrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glazebrook, Trish.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy 1089-3938 ; no. 12.

Perspectives in continental philosophy, 1089-3938 ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book concerns itself with an issue that is not sufficiently addressed in the literature: Heidegger's philosophy of science. Although a great deal of attention is paid to Heidegger's later critique of technology, no one has systematically studied how he understood "science". Many readers will be surprised to learn, through this book, that Heidegger developed the essentials of a fairly sophisticated philosophy of science, one that in many ways invites comparison with that of Thomas Kuhn.

Glazebrook demonstrates that Heidegger's philosophy of science is not neatly divided into "earl" and "late" (or "Heidegger I" and "Heidegger II"), but is, rather, an ongoing development over a least three periods, bound together as an analysis of modern science and an uncovering of other possibilities for understanding nature.

Contents:

1. Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Science 14

Husserl: Philosophy As Rigorous Science 20

Kant and Metaphysics: Grounding Science 25

Synthetic A Priori Judgments 36

The Thing and Copernican Revolution 41

The A Priori 47

Mathematical Projection: Galileo and Newton 51

Metaphysics and the Mathematical 60

2. Experiment and Representation 65

Crucial Experiments 73

Experiment and Experience 84

Violence 96

Setting Up the Real: Exact Science 104

Representation 112

3. Science in the Institution 119

The Nothing 124

Destiny as Nihilism 131

Self-Assertion: Knowing versus Amassing Information 139

The Threat of Science 148

Valuative Thinking and Disillusionment 156

4. Ancient Science 163

[characters not reproducible] As Truth 165

Aristotle's Analogy of Being 179

Theoretical versus Productive Knowledge 184

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5. Science and Technology 207

Epoch and Essence 209

"Science Does Not Think" 214

Thinking As Thanking: Being and Being Represented 224

The Theory of the Real 232

Ge-stell 240

Quantum Theory 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and indexes.

ISBN:

0823220370

0823220389

OCLC:

43552557