Heidegger's Temporal Idealism

A systematic reconstruction of Heidegger's account of time and temporality in Being and Time.

William D. Blattner (Author)

9780521020947, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 October 2005

344 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.526 kg

' … sets new standards in addressing the topics that are, by Heidegger's own intent, the most important in Being and Time.' The Times Literary Supplement

This book is a systematic reconstruction of Heidegger's account of time and temporality in Being and Time. The author locates Heidegger in a tradition of 'temporal idealism' with its sources in Plotinus, Leibniz, and Kant. For Heidegger, time can only be explained in terms of 'originary temporality', a concept integral to his ontology. Blattner sets out not only the foundations of Heidegger's ontology, but also his phenomenology of the experience of time. Focusing on a neglected but central aspect of Being and Time, this book will be of considerable interest to all students of Heidegger both inside and outside philosophy.

Introduction
1. Care as the being of Dasein
2. Originary temporality
3. World-time and time-reckoning
4. The ordinary conception of time and disengaged temporality
5. Heidegger's temporal idealism
Conclusion: the consequences of the failure of Heidegger's temporal idealism.

Subject Areas: Phenomenology & Existentialism [HPCF3]