Being and Time philosophy, and Heidegger's achievements in the work have been compared to those of Immanuel Kant in the "Critique of Pure Reason" (1781) and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in "The Phenomenology of Spirit" (1807) and "Science of Logic" (1812–1816). The work influenced philosophical treatises such as Jean-Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness" (1943). "Sein und Zeit" was first translated into English in 1962. According to Heidegger's statement in "Being and Time", the work was made possible by his study of Husserl's "Logical Investigations" (1900-1901). "Being and Time" was originally intended to consist of two major parts, each part consisting of three divisions.
Heather Douglas (philosopher) Heather Douglas (philosopher) Heather Douglas (born March 21, 1969) is a philosopher of science best known for her work on the role of values in science, science policy, the importance of science for policymaking, and the history of philosophy of science. Douglas is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She formerly held the Waterloo Chair in Science and Society at the University of Waterloo, and taught at University of Pittsburgh, University of Tennessee, and University of Puget Sound. She is the author of "Science, Policy, and the Value Free Ideal", an influential book on the