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Lawrence J. Hatab is Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy and Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Old Dominion University.
Preface / Introduction / 1. Proto-Phenomenology and the Lived World / 2. Disclosure, Interpretation, and Philosophy / 3. Proto-Phenomenology and Language / 4. Language and Truth / 5. Transition to Volume II / Bibliography / Index
I find Hatab’s study useful and mostly convincing, and those working in the sciences, especially the social sciences, could learn much from his book.— Research In Phenomenology
If Hatab in many ways takes his lead from the early Heidegger’s phenomenology of being-in-the-world, he is not afraid to move beyond the limits of that project, both in terms of the scope of substantive issues he explores and methodological resources he employs in doing so. The book focuses on the presentational, disclosive nature of language as it is revealed in everyday, practical, and dialogical contexts of use, arguing for the primacy of these aspects of language over the more decontextualized, representational features that are made the focus of much work in the dominant traditions of linguistics and philosophy of language.— Phenomenological Reviews
Lawrence J. Hatab's book is a welcome addition to current philosophical conversations about phenomenology and language alike. … It is valuable in sketching out what a philosophical treatment of language based on Heidegger's early phenomenology would look like. Moreover, since it makes a compelling case for the value of Heidegger's phenomenological approach both in itself and as an approach to language, it deserves the close attention of anyone interested in language as a philosophic topic. Finally, its clear prose and its engagement with disciplines and concerns typically left out of Heidegger scholarship make it accessible to and engaging for a wide philosophical audience. In this, it does a great service to contemporary Heidegger studies.— Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Larry Hatab’s Proto-Phenomenology and the Nature of Language: Dwelling in Speech ventures boldly and often brilliantly into pressing contemporary debates in ways that repeatedly demonstrate the promise of Heidegger’s phenomenology. To be sure, this Leistung is possible only for someone who, like Hatab, has found his own unmistakable voice even when singing in the same key as Heidegger and has generously taken the trouble to listen diligently to quite different voices as well. The result is a model of clarity, probing acuity, and immense scholarship; every page of this adventure in thinking communicates the virtues of a thinker—searching, honest, and intrepid.
— Gatherings
Hatab deftly integrates phenomenological and analytic resources in philosophy, in consultation with empirical studies, to offer a brilliant analysis of the non-representational existential aspects of how we are in-the-world through the meaning-disclosing performance of language. He traces the disclosive processes of language that cut across the physical, social and cultural dimensions of our existence, prior to and underpinning its representational functions. His analysis not only provides insight into how language works, but also deconstructs the basic assumptions that underlie the central debates in the philosophy of language.— Shaun Gallagher, Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in Philosophy, University of Memphis
"In this first of two volumes Lawrence Hatab crowns a brilliant career in philosophy with one of the best treatments of Heidegger on language that we have. Beautifully written, the book conjugates penetrating scholarship with a clarity of presentation that is a model for scholarship in continental philosophy. "— Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University, USA
Hatab’s fecund account of ‘ecstatic dwelling in the lived world’ applies central Heideggerian insights with remarkable clarity to a wide range of philosophical topics, including the nature of meaning, language, and truth. ‘Old’ Heideggerians are exposed to a wealth of congenial developments in the analytic tradition and embodied cognitive science; proponents of the latter are treated to an ‘existential naturalism’ that suits their orientation. Highly recommended.— Georg Theiner, Assistant Professor, Villanova University