On Heidegger’s phrase “Science does not think”
Abstract
In one of his lectures at the University of Freiburg, towards the end of 1951, Martin Heidegger uttered a phrase destined to be a source of endless controversy and exegesis: «Science does not think». The lesson in which this provocative phrase appears would later be published in his 1954 book What is calling thinking?. In this article, we analyse the interpretations of this phrase, discuss its political dimension, and rethink its meaning in relation to its circularity, namely to its character as a defining device.
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