Heidegger’s ontology constitutes a conservative apositivism alongside other positivist currents.

Evidence

Alongside a positivism which saw itself as lying in the tradition of the Enlightenment, and alongside conservative positivism, the ontology embodied most effectively by Heidegger presented the image of a conservative apositivism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 625

Categorization

  • DEFINE: Coins the typological label ‘conservative apositivism’ to position Heidegger against Enlightenment and conservative positivism.
  • XREF: connects to: Ontology and positivism are complementary variants of an anti-subject objectivism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 540; Heidegger’s ontology functioned as a conservative apositivism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2500; Heidegger drew a hard line between ontic sciences and ontological philosophy — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 199 (+1 more)
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Ontology and positivism are complementary variants of an anti-subject objectivism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 540; Heidegger’s ontology functioned as a conservative apositivism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2500; Heidegger drew a hard line between ontic sciences and ontological philosophy — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 199 (+1 more)

Broader Connections