Theodore Kisiel

Theodore Kisiel, Distinguished Research Professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University, is a well-known translator of and commentator on the works of Martin Heidegger. According to Kisiel, Heidegger views the entire history of both Eastern and Western philosophy (starting with Parmenides) as dominated by ontotheology, or "the metaphysics of permanent presence". Heidegger sees his work as focusing instead on the temporal, contingent, "thrown" existence of the individual.

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Philosophy - Northern Illinois University - Martin Heidegger - Eastern - Western philosophy - Parmenides - Ontotheology - Metaphysics

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