Publisher's Synopsis
Graeme Nicholson addresses clearly and directly the topic of being - a subject not often ventured by 20th-century philosophers writing in English. Consequently Nicholson's models are European figures like Kierkegaard, Sartre, and above all Heidegger, whose philosophy provides the basic viewpoint. Nicholson offers a close reading of Heidegger that links his work positively to the metaphysical tradition and seeks to set deconstructionist and pragmatist readings to one side. Since, according to Heidegger, being is fundamentally a union of presence and absence, this study shows that metaphysical theories have always offered positive illustrations or interpretations of being.
