{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-an-authentic-david-egan-9780198832638","title":"The Pursuit of an Authentic Philosophy: Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and the Everyday","description":"Superficially, Wittgenstein and Heidegger seem worlds apart: they worked in different philosophical traditions, seemed mostly ignorant of one another's work, and Wittgenstein's terse aphorisms in plain language could not be farther stylistically from Heidegger's difficult prose. Nevertheless, Wittgenstein's \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/em\u003e and Heidegger's \u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e share a number of striking parallels. In particular, this book shows that both authors manifest a similar concern with authenticity. David Egan develops this position in three stages. Part One explores the emphasis both philosophers place on the everyday, and how this emphasis brings with it a methodological focus on recovering what we already know rather than advancing novel theses. Part Two argues that the dynamic of authenticity and inauthenticity in \u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e finds homologies in \u003cem\u003ePhilosophical Investigations\u003c\/em\u003e. Here Egan particularly articulates and defends a conception of authenticity in Wittgenstein that emphasizes the responsiveness and reciprocity of play. Part Three considers how both philosophers' conceptions of authenticity apply reflexively to their own work: each is concerned not only with the question of what it means to exist authentically but also with the question of what it means to do philosophy authentically. For both authors, the problematic of authenticity is intimately linked to the question of philosophical method.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019883263X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198832638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"David Egan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981492519167,"sku":"9780198832638","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3b17eab-3f3e-4824-8fb0-c0b2f09d293e.jpg?v=1683255899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pursuit-of-an-authentic-david-egan-9780198832638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}