HEIDEGGER ON “POSSIBILITY”

Abstract

This article by M. Sinclair is devoted to the problem of modality in the philosophical works of M. Heidegger his study of being-possible as one of the modes of being. The author analyzes in detail the evolution of the concept of “possibility”, starting from the 1920s and ending with the later works of Heidegger, as this philosophical category undergoes certain changes. The author also analyzes the role played by Aristotle’s ontological philosophy and Husserl’s phenomenology in the formation of Heidegger as a thinker. Finally, the article presents the interpretations of the Heidegger category of possibility by modern researchers such as I. Thomson, W. McNeil, J. Wolfe and many others. It is concluded that the category of the possible was key for Heidegger in his construction of the structure of being, and the disclosure of various aspects of this category occurred throughout the entire philosophical path of M. Heidegger.