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Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher and is seen as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. He was seen as quite a controversial person. Not only as an academic, but also because of his involvement with Nazism. For a full biography see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger].
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher and is seen as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. He was seen as quite a controversial person. Not only as an academic, but also because of his involvement with Nazism. For a full biography see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger].
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Heidegger was a philosopher who's main interest was the question of human existence, the relationship between human being and the world.  
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Heidegger was a philosopher who's main interest was the question of human existence, the relationship between human being and the world. His most well known attribution to the 20th century philosophy is the disctinction between 'Being' and 'Dasein'.  

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Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher and is seen as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. He was seen as quite a controversial person. Not only as an academic, but also because of his involvement with Nazism. For a full biography see [1].

Heidegger was a philosopher who's main interest was the question of human existence, the relationship between human being and the world. His most well known attribution to the 20th century philosophy is the disctinction between 'Being' and 'Dasein'.


References:

- Cloke, P., Philo, C. & Sadler, D. (1999). Approaching Human Geography. London: Paul Chapman.

- Malpas, J. (2008). Heidegger, geography and politics. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 2 (185-213).



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