HEIDEGGER, Martin (1889-1976), German philosopher. Heidegger studied Roman Catholic theology and then philosophy at the University of Freiburg, where he was a student of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. Heidegger began teaching at Freiburg in 1915. After teaching (1923-28) at Marburg, he became a professor of philosophy at Freiburg in 1928. He died in Messkirch on May 26, 1976. Besides Husserl, Heidegger was especially influenced by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, and by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. His work had a crucial influence on the French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre. Heidegger wrote Being and Time (1927; trans. 1962) An Introduction to Metaphysics (1953; trans. 1959). Vom Wesen des Grundes (1929), Was ist Metaphysik? (1929), Vom Wesen der Wahrheit Einführung in die Metaphysik (1953), Identität und Differenz (1957), Die Frage nach dem Ding (1962).
Phenomenology
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