Heidegger and the Problem of Consciousness

Nancy J. Holland (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

146 Seiten

2018
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03595-0 (ISBN)

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Nancy J. Holland turns to the thought of Martin Heidegger to help understand an age-old philosophical question: Is there a split between the body and the mind? Arguing against philosophical positions that define human consciousness as an overarching phenomenon or reduce it to the brain or physicality, Holland contends that consciousness is relational and it is this relationship that allows us to inhabit and negotiate in the world. Holland forwards a complex and nuanced reading of Heidegger as she focuses on consciousness, being, and what might constitute the animal or, more broadly, other-than-human world. Holland engages with the depth and breadth of Heidegger's work as she opens space for a discussion about the uniqueness of human consciousness.

Nancy J. Holland is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Hamline University. Her most recent books are Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought.

Introduction: Heidegger, Nature, and Consciousness

1. The Problem of Consciousness

2. The Earliest Vision

3. The Essence of Truth

4. The Later Heidegger

5. "Something Non-Material. . .But Also Not Unmaterial"

Conclusion: " [is] Not a Soul but the Unmediated Discovery of Being"

Epilogue: Charlemagne's Monogram

Endnotes

References

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2018
Zusatzinfo	1 b&w illus - 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	390 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	0-253-03595-3 / 0253035953
ISBN-13	978-0-253-03595-0 / 9780253035950
Zustand	Neuware