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"The World Unclaimed" argues that Heidegger's critique of modern
epistemology in "Being and Time" is seriously flawed. Heidegger
believes he has done away with epistemological problems concerning
the external world by showing that the world is an existential
structure of Dasein. However, the author argues that Heidegger
fails to make good his claim that he has "rescued" the phenomenon
of the world, which he believes the tradition of philosophy has
bypassed. Heidegger fails not only to reclaim the world but also to
acknowledge its loss. Alweiss thus calls into question Heidegger's
claim that ontology is more fundamental than epistemology.
"The World Unclaimed" develops its powerful critique of Being and
Time by arguing for a return to Husserl. It draws on Husserl's
insight that it is the moving and sensing body that discloses how
we are already familiar with the world. Kinaesthesia provides a key
for understanding our relation to the world. The author thus
suggests that thinkers in the vein of Husserl and Kant -who, for
Heidegger, epitomize the tradition of modern philosophy by
returning to a "worldless subject"- may provide us with the
resources to reclaim the phenomenon of the world that "Being and
Time" sets out to salvage.
Alweiss's fresh and innovative study demonstrates that it is
possible to overcome epistemological skepticism without ever losing
sight of the phenomenon of the world. Moreover, Alweiss challenges
us to reconsider the relation between Husserl and Heidegger by
providing a forceful defense of Husserl's critique of cognition.
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