Browsing by Subject "Heidegger"

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    • Exploring the experience of living with an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). A Heideggerian phenomenological study 

      Noonan Sweeney, Orla (NUI Galway, 2021-08-12)
      Abstract Sudden cardiac death has been identified as one of the principal causes of death in Europe and America. According to the American heart association (AHA) statistics, sudden cardiac death is responsible for more ...

    • Expression and silence: the language of phenomenology in Wittgenstein and Heidegger 

      O'Rourke, Jonathan (NUI Galway, 2018-10-31)
      This thesis is a comparative study of Wittgenstein and Heidegger in relation to their engagement with the problem of phenomenological expression. My central argument is that by reading Wittgenstein in this way, we can begin ...

    • Heidegger, or the neglect of boundaries 

      Strohmayer, Ulf (Copernicus Publications, 2015-05-05)
      Benedikt Korf’s recent invitation to re-think the deployment of Heidegger’s philosophy within geography in the pages of this journal (Korf, 2014) is both opportune and essential: opportune, because the many and continuing ...

    • Hermeneutics: an exploration 

      Dowling, Maura (RCN Publishing, 2004)
      The terms ‘hermeneutics’ and phenomenology’ are often used interchangeably in the literature, which can result in confusion for the reader. This article traces the relationship of these two philosophies and explains the ...

    • The ontology of technology: a Heideggerian perspective 

      Lally, Róisín (2016-06-30)
      The question concerning technology lies at the heart of human existence. As such it must take a central place in philosophy today. This importance, however, is veiled by a historical interpretation of technology as ...

    • Poetry in the digital age: A Heideggerian account 

      Coventry, Rachel (NUI Galway, 2021-06-29)
      For Heidegger, technology is the greatest danger because, it blocks the unconcealment of truth. As Heidegger equates poetry with truth, such a view of technology implies bleak consequences for poetry; in fact, it questions ...

    • Translating translation: following Benjamin 

      O'Neill, Veronica (2013-09-19)
      There is more to language than communication and more to translation than transferral of what is communicated between languages. A translation theory that is rooted in a preconception as to the 'why' of translation sees ...

    • Understanding the key tenets of Heidegger's philosophy for interpretive phenomenological research 

      Horrigan-Kelly, Marcella; Millar, Michelle; Dowling, Maura (SAGE Publications, 2016-10-30)
      Martin Heidegger's phenomenology provides methodological guidance for qualitative researchers seeking to explicate the lived experience of study participants. However, most phenomenological researchers apply his philosophy ...