Theodore J. Kisiel (October 30, 1930 – December 25, 2021),

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"Kisiel, Theodore J."
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, was a well-known translator of and commentator on the works of

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 ce ...

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Kisiel is known for his research on the development of Heidegger's early thought. Among his students are

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, Steven Crowell and Govert Schüller. According to Kisiel, Heidegger viewed the entire history of both

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and

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(starting with Parmenides) as dominated by

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, or "the

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of permanent presence". Heidegger saw his work as focusing instead on the temporal, contingent, "thrown" existence of the individual.

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*''The Genesis of Heidegger's Being and Time'', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. *''Heidegger's Way of Thought: Critical and Interpretative Signposts'', 2002 *"Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe: An International Scandal of Scholarship", ''Philosophy Today'' 39 (1995), pp. 3–15.

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''The Genesis of Heidegger's'' Being and Time''Heidegger's Way of Thought''
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