Heidegger study questions

What are the dates of Heidegger's birth and death?

1889-1976

Name Heidegger's two colleagues (both of whom taught theology) at the University of Marburg.

• Rudolf _____.

• Paul _____.

Bultman.

Tillich.

Name his two students. Hans-Georg … Hannah...

Gadamer.

Arendt

What is the name of Heidegger's most famous work that he published in 1927?

being and time.

What characteristic of "Being" does Heidegger reject? He rejects the … of Being.

TRANSCENDENCE

Instead, Being to him is what? Being is… and ….

immanent, contingent, and singular

What is the German word Heidegger uses to refer to our temporal existence?

What is its English translation?

Dasein

being-there

What is Heidegger's phrase for Nietzsche's "herd mentality," which leads to an inauthentic mode of existence?

The "they"

According to Heidegger, our authentic mode of existence manifests in what kind of attitude?

the "care"

What is Heidegger's phrase for our authentic mode of existence that is projected toward the future?

anticipatory-resoluteness

Heidegger considers "truth" (aletheia) as what?

Un-concealment

What is the vehicle of this "truth"?

language

What are the four common theories of truth?

Correspondence

Coherence

Pragmatic

Intersubjective

John 17:17b equate "truth" with what?

The WORD of God.

John 8:32 and 14:6 equate "truth" with what?

The PERSON of Jesus Christ.

What then is the relationship between the theories of truth and the Scriptures?

The truthfulness of the Scriptures --- the theories of truth.

The Biblical View of Truth does --- all the theories of truth.

However, the truthfulness of the Word is not ---- by the theories of truth.

supersedes

fulfill

determined

According to Heidegger, what is the most fundamental question of philosophy/metaphysics? "Why are there ….. (i.e., things that are, anything at all) rather than nothing?"

essents

What are the four characteristics of this question?

It is the most _____ question because it involves everything.

It is the _____ question because it questions the _____ by asking, "Why?"

It is the most _____ question because it includes human _____ and questions the act of _____.

It is the most _____ question because it requires courage to ask this question.

far-reaching

deepest

fundamental... existence questioning

authentic