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Background practices : essays on the understanding of being / Hubert L. Dreyfus ; edited by Mark A. Wrathall.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dreyfus, Hubert L., author.
Contributor:
Wrathall, Mark A., editor.
Standardized Title:
Works. Selections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.
Heidegger, Martin.
Ontology.
Philosophy.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Essays on the understanding of being
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Summary:
This text presents a selection of Hubert Dreyfus's pioneering work in bringing phenomenology and existentialism to bear on the philosophical and scientific study of the mind. He explores the 'background practices' that shape and embody our most basic understanding of ourselves and the things and situations we encounter in our world.
Notes:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-19-251603-5
0-19-183730-X
0-19-251602-7

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