Why this book?
- To become acquainted with Heidegger's analysis of the true nature of thinking.
- To understand the later period of Heidegger's thought after "Being and Time."
- To study the relationship between questioning, Being, and thinking in Heidegger's philosophy.
- To become familiar with one of the important works of 20th-century continental philosophy.
About the book
"What Is Called Thinking?" is a collection of lectures by Martin Heidegger that, following the publication of "Being and Time," examines what thinking is. In this work, Heidegger begins with the question of what compels us to think and how humans can truly learn to think.
This book, like many of Heidegger's works, begins with a question and continues with questioning. The title itself is a philosophical question whose various implications Heidegger explores, showing that thinking is not merely a mental or calculative activity, but a way of encountering the truth of Being.
The present book contains two parts and eleven lectures and offers a clearer picture of Heidegger's later philosophy. Siavash Jamadi's translation has made this work more accessible to enthusiasts of modern philosophy, phenomenology, and Heidegger's thought.