Heidegger introduced many neologisms to change philosophy's direction. Aletheia (disclosure) represents unconcealedness and world's intelligibility. Being-in-the-world replaces traditional subject/object distinction. Dasein is the ontological structure of human existence
Plutarch first recorded this paradox in his Life of Theseus. Ancient philosophers like Heraclitus and Plato had previously discussed it. Thomas Hobbes added a second puzzle about using original planks
Umar Khayyam was born in 1048 CE in Nayshābūr, Iran. He was known for being quiet, reserved, and humble. He wrote fourteen treatises in mathematics, philosophy, and poetry
Levinas began as a French translator of Husserl's phenomenology. His first essay "On Escape" explores the need to escape from existence. He rejected Heidegger's focus on possibility and projection. Levinas emphasized the present moment over Heidegger's future focus. He described nausea as the most extreme form of being
Parmenides was born around 515 BCE in Elea, Italy. He established laws for citizens of Elea. He composed a single metaphysical poem in hexameter verse. Only 160 fragments of his poem survive, most from later authors
Hermeneutics clarifies interpretive experience and establishes its validity. Understanding is described as a success of interpretation, not measured by scientific methods. Understanding is educative, teaching about ourselves and the world. Hermeneutics opposes foundationalism's vertical view of knowledge