At the moment, I'm writing a thesis on Heidegger's Questions Concerning Technology and The Word of Nietzsche and have found his critique of Nihilism as, specifically, a metaphysical argument (which of course Heidegger would take issue with it). As in, it isn't as concerned with meaning, and to Heidegger, existentialism as one might think on the face of it because it doesn't deal with ontology. That said, he goes in to show that technology, in it's essence, may be realizing a nihilistic paradigm/reality in virtue of what it is. That is, meaningless, attributed with meaning by the human.
Anyways, I'm still working my way through it but a very thought provoking read if you have not read before.
Apologies for the delay I thought I'd already replied to this one. So you're saying he doesn't think existentialism deals with ontology? Is he talking about the Existentialism of others here because he doesn't identify as an existentialist right?
Which one is more relevant do you think? Questions Concerning Technology or The Word of Nietzsche?
Can you also (I know this may be hard to do simply with Heidegger) tell me what nihilism is if it isn't ontological in his eyes? You hint at it in the "meaningless attributed with meaning by the human" but it's not clicking.
At the moment, I'm writing a thesis on Heidegger's Questions Concerning Technology and The Word of Nietzsche and have found his critique of Nihilism as, specifically, a metaphysical argument (which of course Heidegger would take issue with it). As in, it isn't as concerned with meaning, and to Heidegger, existentialism as one might think on the face of it because it doesn't deal with ontology. That said, he goes in to show that technology, in it's essence, may be realizing a nihilistic paradigm/reality in virtue of what it is. That is, meaningless, attributed with meaning by the human.
Anyways, I'm still working my way through it but a very thought provoking read if you have not read before.
Apologies for the delay I thought I'd already replied to this one. So you're saying he doesn't think existentialism deals with ontology? Is he talking about the Existentialism of others here because he doesn't identify as an existentialist right?
Which one is more relevant do you think? Questions Concerning Technology or The Word of Nietzsche?
Can you also (I know this may be hard to do simply with Heidegger) tell me what nihilism is if it isn't ontological in his eyes? You hint at it in the "meaningless attributed with meaning by the human" but it's not clicking.