Three Senses of “A is B” in Heidegger

  • Gian-Carlo Rota
Part of the Modern Birkhäuser Classics book series (MBC)

Abstract

It may be helpful to subdivide Heidegger’s view of “A is B” into three stages. However, such a subdivision is no more than a rhetorical device. The development of a person’s thought refuses linearization.

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End Notes

  1. [1]
    Martin Heidegger, Gesamtausgabe, Band 1, Frühe Schriften, Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1978, p. 42 and p. 174.Google Scholar
  2. [2]
    Martin Heidegger, Gesamtausgabe, Band 2, Sein und Zeit, Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1977.Google Scholar
  3. [3]
    Martin Heidegger, Gesamtausgabe, Band 65, Beiträge zur Philosophie, Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 1989.Google Scholar

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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • Gian-Carlo Rota
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of MathematicsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUSA

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