Early Heidegger

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

In this course, we will explore Heidegger’s early philosophy, roughly his “Phenomenological Decade” from 1919–1929. The centerpiece of his early philosophy is, of course, the text that is sometimes described as his “magnum opus,” Being and Time (1927). There are other important texts from this time period as well, however, including Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics (1929), On the Essence of Ground (1929), and his many lectures from his early days at Freiburg (1919–23) and his time at Marburg (1923–28). The choice of precise texts and themes will vary from semester to semester and instructor to instructor.