Heidegger, Metaphysics and the Univocity of Being (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy, 83)

In Heidegger, Metaphysics and the Univocity of Being , Philip Tonner presents an interpretation of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger in terms of the doctrine of the ‘univocity of being’. According to the doctrine of univocity there is a fundamental concept of being that is truly predicable of everything that exists. This book explores Heidegger’s engagement with the work of John Duns Scotus, who raised philosophical univocity to its historical apotheosis. Early in his career, Heidegger wrote a book-length study of what he took to be a philosophical text of Duns Scotus’. Yet, the word ‘univocity’ rarely features in translations of Heidegger’s works. Tonner shows, by way of a comprehensive discussion of Heidegger’s philosophy, that a univocal notion of being in fact plays a distinctive and crucial role in his thought. This book thus presents a novel interpretation of Heidegger’s work as a whole that builds on a suggested interpretation by Gilles Deleuze in Difference and Repetition and casts a new light on Heidegger’s philosophy, clearly illuminating his debt to Duns Scotus. Introduction The univocity of being The modern predicament The problem of univocity in ancient and medieval philosophy From Heidegger to Aristotle Medieval philosophy Scholasticism Heidegger, Scotus, and univocity The question of being Analogy, the medieval experience of life Univocity and phenomenology Destruction and tradition Metaphysics Phenomenological philosophy and aletheia Descartes, scholasticism, and time The presupposition of the tradition Scholasticism, analogy, and the interpretation of Heidegger The phenomena of beingness and time Beyond being The analogical interpretation of Heidegger's text Univocity and phenomenological philosophy Being and some other key terms The phenomenology of being and the question of Dasein Transcendental philosophy Univocity from 1916 to 1927 Cartesian connections and the medieval ontology Dasein, univocity, and the question of analogy Univocity and fundamental ontology Husserl and Heidegger Phenomenology, being, and univocity Univocity and analogy Univocity and Heidegger's later thought Mysticism The present age The later Heidegger A-letheia, ereignis, and epochal immanence A history of being The tradition The history of metaphysics The medieval and the modern A history of the modern : subjectivity Univocity and the problem of history History and civilization Art and history Fractured history Language and poetry The fate of univocity The re-enchanted forest Being mortal. Content: Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Heidegger's Works Introduction 1. The Problem of Univocity in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 2. Heidegger, Scotus and Univocity 3. Univocity and Phenomenological Philosophy 4. Univocity and Fundamental Ontology 5. Univocity and Heidegger's Later Thought 6. Univocity and the Problem of History Conclusion Appendix: The Univocity of Being: Deleuze Notes Select Bibliography Index.