Martin Heidegger

Even though Heidegger is considered by many observers to be the most influential philosopher of the 20th century in continental philosophy, aspects of his work have been criticised by those who nevertheless acknowledge this influence, such as Hans-Georg Gadamer and Jacques Derrida. Some questions raised about Heidegger's philosophy include the priority of ontology, the status of animals, the nature of the religious, Heidegger's supposed neglect of ethics (Emmanuel Levinas), the body (Maurice Merleau-Ponty), or sexual difference (Luce Irigaray).

Emmanuel Levinas was deeply influenced by Heidegger yet became one of his fiercest critics, contrasting the infinity of the good beyond being with the immanence and totality of ontology. Levinas also condemned Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism, stating "One can forgive many Germans, but there are some Germans it is difficult to forgive. It is difficult to forgive Heidegger."

Selected works:

1927	Sein und Zeit, Gesamtausgabe Volume 2	Being and Time, trans. by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson (London: SCM Press, 1962); re-translated by Joan Stambaugh (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996)
1929	Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik, Gesamtausgabe Volume 3	Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, trans. by Richard Taft (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990)
1935	Einführung in die Metaphysik (1935, published 1953), Gesamtausgabe Volume 40	An Introduction to Metaphysics, trans. by Gregory Fried and Richard Polt (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000)
1936–8	Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis) (1936–1938, published 1989), Gesamtausgabe Volume 65	Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning), trans. by Parvis Emad and Kenneth Maly (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999)
1942	Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister« (1942, published 1984), Gesamtausgabe Volume 53	Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister", trans. by William McNeill and Julia Davis (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996)
1949	"Die Frage nach der Technik", in Gesamtausgabe Volume 7	"The Question Concerning Technology" [2], in Heidegger, Martin, Basic Writings: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, ed. David Farrell Krell (New York: Harper Collins, 1993)
1950	Holzwege, Gesamtausgabe Volume 5. This collection includes "Der Ursprung der Kunstwerkes" (1935–1936)	Off the Beaten Track. This collection includes "The Origin of the Work of Art"
1955–56	Der Satz vom Grund, Gesamtausgabe Volume 10	The Principle of Reason, trans. Reginald Lilly (Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1991)
1955–57	Identität und Differenz, Gesamtausgabe Volume 11	Identity and Difference, trans. by Joan Stambaugh (New York: Harper & Row, 1969)
1959	Gelassenheit, in Gesamtausgabe Volume 16	Discourse On Thinking
1959	Unterwegs zur Sprache, Gesamtausgabe Volume 12	On the Way To Language, published without the essay "Die Sprache" ("Language") by arrangement with Heidegger

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Continental Philosophy

Phenomenology