Heidegger Martin - Heidegger on Science

HEIDEGGER ON SCIENCE

EDITED BY

TRISH GLAZEBROOK

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

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2012 State University of New York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Heidegger on science / [edited by] Trish Glazebrook.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4384-4267-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. SciencePhilosophy. 2. Heidegger, Martin, 18891976. I. Glazebrook, Trish.

Q175.H377 2012

501dc23

2011031098

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For George and Marion

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank the contributors for their good work and patience during the assembling of the volume. I would particularly like to thank Babette Babich for her advice throughout. Thanks goes also to Michael Bauer and New Scholasticism for their part in granting permission to reprint Father Richardson's paper, and to Brill Publishing on behalf of Martinus Nujhoff, Dordrecht who originally published John Caputo's paper. I also owe gratitude to Jane Bunker at the State University of New York Press for her continuing support of this project, and Andrew Kenyon who shepherded the book to completion. Laurie Searl was also crucial and patient during this process, and Matt Story has been indispensable. Reviewers made extremely helpful comments that have greatly strengthened the volume. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Dalhousie University funded my research in part. Many members of the North American Heidegger Circle provided useful discussion of material contained in my contributions to the volume. Nonetheless, any shortcomings remain my responsibility. Finally, I am grateful to my son, Laird, who showed admirable forbearance when working on this volume cut short our time to play.

ABBREVIATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS

References provide citations of a German text followed by the corresponding page number in an English translation, as indicated below. All references to the Gesamtausgabe are given by GA and the volume number. For example, GA 65, 357/250 means Volume 65 of the Gesamtausgabe, page 357, which corresponds to page 250 in the specified English translation.

Where no English reference is given, authors have provided their own translation. Where authors have provided their own translation, although a translation is available, reference to the published translation is given in order that interested readers might examine the context of Heidegger's remarks, although the author's translation may not match the English text verbatim.