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The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy)

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1982

"In Albert Hofstadter's excellent translation, we can listen in as Heidegger clearly and patiently explains . . . the ontological difference."

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—Hubert L. Dreyfus, Times Literary Supplement

Audience
adult
Length
long · 432 pages

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