Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant impact within subsequent philosophy, soci
Heidegger mid-lecture at Freiburg, 1954
The Mesnerhaus in Meßkirch, where Heidegger grew up
Dilthey, c. 1855
View from Heidegger's vacation chalet in Todtnauberg. Heidegger wrote most of Being and Time there.
Continental philosophy is a group of Western philosophies first prominent in 20th-century continental Europe that derive from a broadly Kantian tradition of focusing on the individual and society. Con