Heidegger,Language,andWorld-Disclosure(ModernEuropeanPhilosophy)

ThisbookisamajorcontributiontotheunderstandingofHeideggerandarareattempttobridgetheschismbetweentraditionsofanalyticandContinentalphilosophy.CristinaLafontappliesthecoremethodologyofanalyticphilosophy,languageanalysis,toHeidegger'sworkprovidingbothaclearerexegesisandapowerfulcritiqueofhisapproachtothesubjectoflanguage.InPartOne,sheexplorestheHeideggereanconceptionoflanguageindepth.InPartTwo,shedrawsonrecentworkfromtheoristsofdirectreference(Putnam,DonnellanandKripkeinteralia)torevealthelimitationsofHeidegger'sviewsandtoshowhowlanguageshapesourunderstandingoftheworldwithoutmakinglearningimpossible.ThebookfirstappearedinGermanbuthasbeensubstantiallyrevisedfortheEnglishedition.