Seinsgeschichte und phänomenologischer Realismus

Heidegger's philosophy after Being and Time is characterized by the idea that Being must be understood historically. Yet in Building Dwelling Thinking, The Thing and other late lectures and essays Heidegger claims that the world as such appears only in relation to singular things. The relation between these senses of Being and world can only be shown in a systematic interpretation of Heidegger's texts. Through this interpretation, Heidegger's thinking can be understood as a genuinely »phenomenological realism.« Tobias Keiling shows how phenomenological realism develops in Heidegger's interpretations of Kant and Hegel and refers back to Husserlian phenomenology. In the introduction, Keiling discusses the significance of Heidegger's thoughts in current debates surrounding metaphysical realism. In his reading, Heidegger also becomes a pioneer in the discussion of materiality in cultural studies by establishing the idea that things make cultural formations accessible.