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Heidegger and the problem of metaphysics as ontotheology / Ian Alexander Moore

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Moore, Ian Alexander, author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, 2976-5668
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Religion.
Heidegger, Martin.
Metaphysics.
Ontology--Religious aspects.
Ontology.
Theology--Philosophy.
Theology.
metaphysics.
Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.
Religion.
Medical Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
Summary:
"Heidegger characterizes the history and essence of metaphysics as ontotheological. Ontotheology concentrates on the being of entities and conceives of this being in two interdependent ways. First, as common to all entities, being serves as the ontological ground for their coherence and intelligibility. Second, being is understood theologically, that is, by recourse to a highest entity that both exemplifies what is common to entities and serves as the causal foundation of entities and their being. Heidegger often speaks of an ontological difference, but what interests him is not simply the difference between entities and their being but what enables us to make this distinction in the first place, that is, being itself. Notoriously, Heidegger accuses the philosophical tradition of neglecting this non-ontotheological, enabling condition. This Element reconstructs and critiques Heidegger’s conception of metaphysics as ontotheological. It then examines his non-ontotheological understanding of being itself, God, and divinity"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Heidegger and the problem of metaphysics
A genealogy of Heidegger’s conception of ontotheology
The structure of ontotheology
The problem of metaphysics as ontotheology
Historiographic examples and counterexamples
Heidegger’s alternative to ontotheology
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 7, 2026)
Other Format:
Print version: Moore, Ian Alexander Heidegger and the problem of metaphysics as ontotheology
ISBN:
9781009550871
100955087X
9781009550895
1009550896
OCLC:
1584385272
Publisher Number:
CIPO000362920
CIPO000406203
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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