Logic: The Question of Truth (Studies in Continental Thought) by Martin Heidegger (PDF)

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Heidegger’s radical thinking on the meaning of truth in a “clear and comprehensive critical edition” (Philosophy in Review). Martin Heidegger’s 1925–26 lectures on truth and time provided much of the basis for his momentous work, Being and Time. Not published until 1976—three months before Heidegger’s death—as volume 21 of his Complete Works, it is nonetheless central to Heidegger’s overall project of reinterpreting Western thought in terms of time and truth. The text shows the degree to which Aristotle underlies Heidegger’s hermeneutical theory of meaning. It also contains Heidegger’s first published critique of Husserl and takes major steps toward establishing the temporal bases of logic and truth. Thomas Sheehan’s elegant and insightful translation offers English-speaking readers access to this fundamental text for the first time.

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⭐As is well known, the ideas and concepts written about in Being and Time had actually emerged and developed through Heidegger’s lectures over the course of the 1920’s. Logic: The Question of Truth is no exception. Here Heidegger gives a clear and mature view of his philosophy through an exploration of logic.Based on my reading of the text, the contents of this lecture course could be divided into three sections:First, an analysis of logic through the concept of propositional truth: e.g. “The board is black.” (46) Heidegger outlines a three-part structure including 1) showing, 2) determining, and 3) communicating. Throughout he is adamant that the proposition is dependent upon truth, and not the inverse. This section also includes consideration of the connection between logic and psychology (influential with the likes of Mill and Erdmann; significantly rejected and opposed by Husserl; see the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Psychologism.)Second, extrapolating from the contents of propositions, Heidegger gives a thorough explication of being-in-the-world. According to Heidegger, our purposeful interaction with the world is prior to theoretical cognition of it – we determine things when we return to them out of concerned dealing with them (e.g. from the practical experience of just using chalk, we can abstract ourselves to the recognition that the chalk is white). This section includes characteristic Heideggerian terms like care and concern.Third, a dense and complicated analysis of time, specifically through an engagement with Kant, but also Hegel, Descartes, and critique of Bergson. This analysis also includes the topic of subjectivity or the “I think.” Significantly, Heidegger’s use of Kant in this lecture not only transitions to the themes of Being and Time, but actually points further ahead towards Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics.All in all, Logic: The Question of Truth is in my opinion the most illuminating early Heidegger lecture course. In general it is very accessible, at least until some of the Kant discussion, but overall more accessible than Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy (which does deserve reading for his thoughts on language.) Thomas Sheehan’s translation is superb and deserves high praise. Along with Heidegger’s other works, Logic allows one to gain some insight into a radical rethinking of human being.

⭐Don’t think of this as the logic you may have seen in school -symbols, truth tables, etc. Heidegger is instead analyzing the concept of a “statement” and how it can be true or false. This takes him from Husserl to Aristotle to Kant. Unfortunately, his argument seems to rely on features of the German language, so it tends to sound somewhat silly and circular in English. If it’s that tied to one language, is it universal enough to be philosophy?

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