PHIL 918 Heidegger's Fundamental Problems
A close reading of Heidegger's Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics. The text is a lecture course given by Martin Heidegger during the winter semester of 1929-30. At that time, Heidegger aimed at determining the essence of philosophy through an interrogation of metaphysics. The text includes Heidegger's philosophy of life and nature, and a phenomenology of boredom, which Heidegger considers a "fundamental attunement of modern times." The reading will focus on Heidegger's philosophical anthropology.