The Question of Being

In this book, Rosen enters into a debate with Heidegger in order to provide a justification for metaphysics. Rosen presents a fresh interpretation of metaphysics that opposes the traditional doctrines attacked by Heidegger, on the one hand, and by contemporary philosophers influenced by Heidegger, on the other. He refutes Heidegger's claim that metaphysics (or what Heidegger ca...

In this book, Rosen enters into a debate with Heidegger in order to provide a justification for metaphysics. Rosen presents a fresh interpretation of metaphysics that opposes the traditional doctrines attacked by Heidegger, on the one hand, and by contemporary philosophers influenced by Heidegger, on the other. He refutes Heidegger's claim that metaphysics (or what Heidegger calls Platonism) is derived from the Aristotelian science of being as being. He argues indeed that metaphysics is simply the commonsensical reflection on the nature of ordinary experience and on the standards of living a better life.

Rosen uses his critique of Heidegger to suggest the next step in philosophy: that technical precision and speculative metaphysics be unified in what he calls a "step downward into the rich air of everyday life."

斯坦利·罗森（1929-2014），美国波士顿大学荣休教授，著名哲学家。师从施特劳斯和科耶夫，其关注点为哲学的基本问题，以及哲学史上从柏拉图到海德格尔等里程碑式的人物。主要代表作有：《柏拉图的<会饮篇>》、《虚无主义：哲学反思》、《柏拉图<理想国>新解》、《启蒙的面具：读<查拉图斯特拉如是说>》、《存在之问：颠转海德格尔》、《诗与哲学之争》等。

译者简介：

李昀，华南理工大学外国语学院副教授，主要从事文艺学和当代西方哲学研究，尤其关注当代法国哲学、马克思主义、后结构主义和后现代哲学等，著有《“否定性辩证法视域”中的“女性”主体性重构》，译有《普罗米修斯的束缚：马克思科学思考的神话结构》、《分析的和辩证的马克思主义》等，发表论文和其他译文二十余篇。