Überlegungen zur Ontologie und zur „ontologischen Erfahrung“ bei Eugen Fink

Abstract

Reflections upon Ontology and the “Ontological Experience” in Eugen Fink The paper aims to present Fink’s critique of the Husserlian phenomenology from the perspective of the ontological problematic as it was addressed in his philosophy. For this purpose, we start from the manuscripts around the lost 1940 Treatise on Phenomenological Research, in order to arrive at his late formulations of the key concept “ontological experience.” Though there is no pretension in discussing Fink’s interpretations of Husserl, Nietzsche, or Hegel, the present study aims to present the development of the ontological problematic from Fink’s own perspective.

Keywords

• ontology of becoming
• force
• ontological experience