Is there a measure on Earth? Hölderlin's question that Heidegger takes up in a well-known reflection introduces the theme of the present volume of Studia Heideggeriana. Widely recognized in the framework of Heidegger's late thinking about modern technique and thinking, the problem of measurement also operates as a common thread that articulates the different moments in which the question about being is elaborated. It is not therefore artificial to suggest that the fundamental relationship of co-belonging between humans and the openness of being is conceived as belonging to a normative dimension in which being itself reveals itself as the measure of entities in their entirety. The works gathered here examine various aspects of the relationship between the phenomenon of measurement and central concepts of Heideggerian thought, such as the world, truth, history, technique, work, among others. Taken together, they offer ways to deepen the reconstruction and interpretation of Heidegger's original meditation on measurement.
Published: Aug 9, 2017