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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
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- 216. Way (Weg)
- 217. What-; Where-; Which (Wo- …)
- 218. Whole (Ganze)
- 219. World (Welt)
- 220. Worldview (Weltanschauung)
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
216. - Way (Weg)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- 216. Way (Weg)
- 217. What-; Where-; Which (Wo- …)
- 218. Whole (Ganze)
- 219. World (Welt)
- 220. Worldview (Weltanschauung)
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A way is a path or a track along which thought is drawn or invited to move, in contrast to a method in philosophy that drives thought to a conclusion or dictates to thought its direction. The comparison of thinking to a way results from Heidegger’s critique of representationalism. Representationalism is not only fallacious metaphysics; its ontological errors commit it to a misguided form of “doing philosophy.” Rather than following an emerging movement of thought, representationalist philosophy attempts to assimilate itself to a procedure leading to results already anticipated in advance.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 813 - 814Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021