243 Heideggers Destruction of Aristotle: A Dialogue with Sean Kirkland

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Sean Kirkland about Heideggers destruction of Aristotle. They discuss how he came to write on Heidegger and Aristotle together, destruction of the philosophical tradition, and the differences between positive and negative destruction. They provide and overview of Heideggers philosophy and provide an overview of Aristotles philosophy. They talk about the threefold aspects of Nietzsche, Aristotles idea of concepts, and three tactics of the destructive method. They also talk about the phenomenological reduction, construction, and destruction, truth and art, and many more topics. Sean Kirkland is a philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at DePaul University. He has his PhD in philosophy from State University of New York, Stony Brook. His main research interests are in Greek philosophy and contemporary continental philosophy. He is the author of the recent book, Heidegger and the Destruction of Aristotle: On How to Read the Tradition.