amsp020613 Heideggers What Is Metaphysics?

Martin Heidegger considered, by some, as one of the most influential philosophers in 20th century, who made an influence among the universities on Germany, was a German philosopher and was the well documented in his support to Hitler during the world war. Heidegger was a prolific writer who authored wide-ranging topics in philosophy, most in metaphysics. He was notable in his treatment of ontology in a phenomenological manner. This manner is through investigation of truth and things out there in the viewpoint of the Dasein, also known as the being-there or simply, the individual human being. In an lecture-essay bearing the title What is Metaphysics?, Heidegger sought to answer the title which is question itself, which I believe, was answered in an existential manner, a really tough challenge that pushed my understanding to transcend the language of everyday life. From the exception of my metaphysics professor, this hard reading I experienced in Heideggers essay literally squeezed my tiny million sweat pores to perspire excessively. Heidegger initiated this written investigation in a twofold search- warrant. First is that each question is itself always the whole. Second metaphysics is that every metaphysical question can be asked only in such a way that the questioneris also there within the question. From these therefore, any metaphysical inquiry is all about essential position of existence. Dasein questions and his question is a question of his existence. It should not be a question of things separate from human Dasein because any wonder about external things is nothing but a wonder of the wonderer itself. Heidegger complains science as the trusted arbiter of humans reflection about existence, which is of course, should be the task chiefly of philosophy. The determination of sciences made Dasein believe that the exactness of sciences fill the holes of our understanding and experience in this theatric existence. Sciences are widely diverse and are basically different in method of treating objects. Yet they direct toward a goal also aimed by philosophy. That is finding what is essential of all things. Science has tradition of giving exacts. This has already differed itself from the humanistic fields, such as history and philosophy. Sciences were pursued by humans. The stance of human pursuing relation of use to the world opened an irruption. This irruption happens when men no longer merely pursue sciences in seeking being, but when he has contemplated pursuing himself instead of science. This irruption happens when man views himself in position of existence rather the scientific objectification of things out there. Science has overlooked human existence and failed in attending an important aspect. The triadic process of mans unfolding of existence (the stance, relation to the world and irruption) do

amsp020613 not really make man complete as s/he is. Sciences and this triadic ground of scientific pursuit treat only the being. What is beyond being, whether literal nothing as in space or emptiness, or the opposite of something or being, Heidegger renders to face the nothing, which he believes essential to questions and answers of being. Heidegger then explores the meaning of nothing and its significance of treating beings.