The 1929 encounter between Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger in Davos, Switzerland is considered one of the most important intellectual debates of the twentieth century and a founding moment of continental philosophy. At the same time, many commentators have questioned the philosophical profundity...

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1. Verfasser:	Truwant, Simon 1987- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2022
Schlagworte:	Cassirer, Ernst / 1874-1945 Heidegger, Martin / 1889-1976 Cassirer, Ernst > 1874-1945 Heidegger, Martin > 1889-1976 Geschichte 1929 Continental philosophy / Switzerland / Davos Analysis (Philosophy) / Switzerland / Davos Philosophy, Modern / 20th century Philosophie Kantianismus Davos
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Zusammenfassung:	The 1929 encounter between Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger in Davos, Switzerland is considered one of the most important intellectual debates of the twentieth century and a founding moment of continental philosophy. At the same time, many commentators have questioned the philosophical profundity and coherence of the actual debate. In this book, the first comprehensive philosophical analysis of the Davos debate, Simon Truwant challenges these critiques. He argues that Cassirer and Heidegger's disagreement about the meaning of Kant's philosophy is motivated by their different views about the human condition, which in turn are motivated by their opposing conceptions of what the task of philosophy ultimately should be. Truwant shows that Cassirer and Heidegger share a grand philosophical concern: to comprehend and aid the human being's capacity to orient itself in and towards the world
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022) Introduction: What is at stake in the Davos debate? -- Reconstructing the Davos debate -- Cassirer's transformation of the critique of reason into a critique of culture -- Heidegger's reading of transcendental philosophy as phenomenological ontology -- Receptivity or spontaneity : two readings of The critique of pure reason -- Cassirer's functional account of the 'animal symbolicum' -- Heidegger's existential analytic of 'Dasein' -- Infinity or finitude : the quest for existential orientation -- Cassirer's functional conception of philosophy -- Heidegger's hermeneutic conception of philosophy -- Enlightenment or therapy : the cosmopolitan task of philosophy -- Conclusion: The terminus a quo and terminus ad quem of the Davos debate
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (viii, 266 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009019569
DOI:	10.1017/9781009019569