On the Way to Language
On the Way to Language by Martin Heidegger, published by Harper Collins on February 24, 1982, is a significant exploration of the philosophical issues surrounding language. This edition spans 208 pages and is presented in English. In this volume, Heidegger delves into the meaning behind his well-known phrase “Language is the House of Being,” engaging in a dialogue with a Japanese friend and offering four lectures that articulate his central ideas regarding the origin, nature, and importance of language.
Readers will find that this work reveals how Heidegger connects language to his ongoing examination of Being and human existence. The essays included in this volume highlight the critical role language plays in his philosophical inquiries and illustrate the connections between his thoughts and those of analytic philosophy. On the Way to Language serves as a valuable resource for understanding Heidegger’s deep engagement with the complexities of human language and its implications for philosophy.
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In this volume Martin Heidegger confronts the philosophical problems of language and begins to unfold the meaning begind his famous and little understood phrase “Language is the House of Being.”
The “Dialogue on Language,” between Heidegger and a Japanese friend, together with the four lectures that follow, present Heidegger’s central ideas on the origin, nature, and significance of language. These essays reveal how one of the most profound philosophers of our century relates language to his earlier and continuing preoccupation with the nature of Being and himan being.
One the Way to Language enable readers to understand how central language became to Heidegger’s analysis of the nature of Being. On the Way to Language demonstrates that an interest in the meaning of language is one of the strongest bonds between analytic philosophy and Heidegger. It is an ideal source for studying his sustained interest in the problems and possibilities of human language and brilliantly underscores the originality and range of his thinking.
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