Günter Figal (15 July 1949 – 17 January 2024) was a German philosopher and professor of philosophy at University of Freiburg. He was a specialist in the thought of

Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (; ; February 11, 1900 – March 13, 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 ''magnum opus'', '' Truth and Method'' (''Wahrheit und Methode''), on hermeneutics. Life Family an ...

, and

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

. His research focused on hermeneutics,

phenomenology Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (philosophy), a branch of philosophy which studies subjective experiences and a ...

, German classical philosophy and the history of metaphysics. Figal was the president of the Martin-Heidegger-Society between 2003 and 2015. Figal died at the age of 74.

Bibliography

* ''Aesthetics as Phenomenology: The Appearance of Things'' (Studies in Continental Thought), Günter Figal (Author), Translated by Jerome Veith * ''The Heidegger Reader'' (Studies in Continental Thought), Günter Figal (Editor), Jerome Veith (Translator) * ''Simplicity. On a Bowl by Young-Jae Lee,'' Günter Figal (Author) * ''Theodor W. Adorno. Das Naturschöne als spekulative Gedankenfigur.'' Bouvier, Bonn 1977, . * ''Martin Heidegger. Phänomenologie der Freiheit.'' 3. Auflage. Beltz, Frankfurt am Main 1988, . ** Neuauflage: ''Martin Heidegger. Phänomenologie der Freiheit.'' Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2013, . * ''Martin Heidegger zur Einführung.'' 5. unveränderte Auflage. Junius, Hamburg 2007, . * ''Für eine Philosophie von Freiheit und Streit: Politik – Ästhetik – Metaphysik.'' Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1994, . * ''Sokrates.'' 3. Auflage. Beck, München 2006, . * ''Der Sinn des Verstehens. Beiträge zur hermeneutischen Philosophie.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 1996, . * ''Nietzsche. Eine philosophische Einführung.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 1999, . * ''Lebensverstricktheit und Abstandnahme. „Verhalten zu sich“ im Anschluß an Heidegger, Kierkegaard und Hegel.'' Attempto, Tübingen 2001, . * ''Gegenständlichkeit. Das Hermeneutische und die Philosophie.'' Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2006, . * ''Verstehensfragen. Studien zur phänomenologisch-hermeneutischen Philosophie.'' Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, . * ''Erscheinungsdinge. Ästhetik als Phänomenologie.'' Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010, . * ''Kunst. Philosophische Abhandlungen.'' Mohr, Tübingen 2012. . * ''Einfachheit. Über eine Schale von Young-Jae Lee.'' Modo, Freiburg 2014, , (zweisprachig deutsch/englisch). * ''Unscheinbarkeit. Der Raum der Phänomenologie.'' Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2015, unveränderte Studienausgabe 2016, . * ''Gibt es wirklich etwas draußen? Skizze einer realistischen Phänomenologie.'' In: Information Philosophie, März 2016, Heft 1, S. 8–17

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Figal at University of Freiburg
1949 births 2024 deaths 20th-century German philosophers 21st-century German philosophers Hermeneutists Metaphysics writers Gadamer scholars Heidegger scholars Academic staff of the University of Freiburg Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Academic staff of KU Leuven Philosophy journal editors {{Germany-philosopher-stub