Volume 6, 1998
Contemporary Philosophy
Haim Gordon
Pages 110-118
Heidegger On Poetry And Thinking
Some Educational Implications
I discuss some of the educational implications emerging from Heidegger's views on poetry, thinking, and language. Specifically, Heidegger's views on the neighborhood between poetry and thinking suggest that most accepted methods of teaching poetry are in error, because they ignore this neighboring relation. The importance of this relation is presented and clarified. I then discuss the implications of Heidegger's view for teaching poetry.