Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Metaphysics of presence
Philosophical concept From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Metaphysics of presence (German: Metaphysik der Anwesenheit) is a view held by Martin Heidegger in Being and Time that holds the entire history of Western philosophy is based on privileging presence over absence.[1] Another translation of presence and absence is effectivity and possibility.
See also
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads