Arun Iyer teaches Philosophy at Seattle University, USA.

Epistemology as traditionally conceived seeks to determine the nature of knowledge and justification. Its point of departure is Plato's critique of the relativism of Protagoras, who according to Plato erred by accepting Heraclitus' construal of being as becoming. Truth, knowledge, and justification must be grounded in timeless entities of some sort. Arun Iyer shows how Heidegger and Foucault reverse this Platonic argument. For them, truth, knowledge, and justification are irreducibly historical. Iyer's elaboration of their views is subtle, original, and thought-provoking. Andrew Cutrofello, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, USA

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited TextsIntroduction1. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (I): From the Transcendental Power of the Imagination to the Ontological Power of Thought2. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (II): On the Relationship between Thought and Being3. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserl's Transcendental Idealism to Heidegger's Historical Ontology4. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought in The Order of Things 5. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserlian Phenomenology to Foucauldian Archaeology ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Arun Iyer teaches Philosophy at Seattle University, USA.

Epistemology as traditionally conceived seeks to determine the nature of knowledge and justification. Its point of departure is Plato's critique of the relativism of Protagoras, who according to Plato erred by accepting Heraclitus' construal of being as becoming. Truth, knowledge, and justification must be grounded in timeless entities of some sort. Arun Iyer shows how Heidegger and Foucault reverse this Platonic argument. For them, truth, knowledge, and justification are irreducibly historical. Iyer's elaboration of their views is subtle, original, and thought-provoking. Andrew Cutrofello, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, USA

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited TextsIntroduction1. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (I): From the Transcendental Power of the Imagination to the Ontological Power of Thought2. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (II): On the Relationship between Thought and Being3. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserl's Transcendental Idealism to Heidegger's Historical Ontology4. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought in The Order of Things 5. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserlian Phenomenology to Foucauldian Archaeology ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Arun Iyer teaches Philosophy at Seattle University, USA.

Epistemology as traditionally conceived seeks to determine the nature of knowledge and justification. Its point of departure is Plato's critique of the relativism of Protagoras, who according to Plato erred by accepting Heraclitus' construal of being as becoming. Truth, knowledge, and justification must be grounded in timeless entities of some sort. Arun Iyer shows how Heidegger and Foucault reverse this Platonic argument. For them, truth, knowledge, and justification are irreducibly historical. Iyer's elaboration of their views is subtle, original, and thought-provoking. Andrew Cutrofello, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, USA

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited TextsIntroduction1. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (I): From the Transcendental Power of the Imagination to the Ontological Power of Thought2. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought (II): On the Relationship between Thought and Being3. Heidegger's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserl's Transcendental Idealism to Heidegger's Historical Ontology4. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Thought in The Order of Things 5. Foucault's Reformulation of the Essence of Knowledge: From Husserlian Phenomenology to Foucauldian Archaeology ConclusionBibliographyIndex