The pursuit of an authentic philosophy : Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and the everyday / David Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, David, 1978- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Authenticity (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and the everyday

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

David Egan offers an original comparative study of Wittgenstein and Heidegger, identifying a similar concern with authenticity in their work. By examining their divergent ideas on how to exist and philosophize authentically, Egan demonstrates Wittgenstein and Heidegger's continued relevance to contemporary thought in a novel way.

Contents:

Part one. Average everydayness. Grammar and ontology ; Being-in-the-world and forms of life ; Attunement and being-with

Part two. Authentic everydayness. Anxiety, scepticism, and rule following ; Authenticity and the everyday ; Authenticity and play

Part three. The pursuit of authentic philosophy. Heidegger's pursuit of authenticity in philosophy ; Wittgenstein's pursuit of authenticity in philosophy.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256887-6

0-19-187119-2

0-19-256886-8