TY - T1 - The Absent Foundation : Heidegger on the Rationality of Being SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/160985 T3 - A1 - Backman, Jussi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2005 LA - eng AB - For Heidegger, the fundamental “rationality” of Western metaphysics lies in the fact that its “leading question” concerning beings as beings constantly refers back to the question concerning the ground (arche, ratio, Grund) of beings. Whereas metaphysics has sought to ground beings in ideal beingness, Heidegger attempts to think beingness as itself based on the withdrawing “background” dimension of no-thing-ness that grounds finite presence by differing from it. In Heidegger’s earlier work, the ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 611 Philosophy; being; philosophy; metaphysics; ontology; Heidegger, Martin; phenomenology; reason; rationality; continental philosophy; history of philosophy; oleva; filosofia; metafysiikka; ontologia; järki; fenomenologia; rationaalisuus; Heidegger; mannermainen filosofia; filosofian historia; oleva; filosofia; metafysiikka; ontologia; fenomenologia N1 - PP - ER -