ABSTRACT
The Kantian influence on the 1927 Being and Time is noticeable, and Kant continues to occupy Heidegger's thoughts throughout the late 1920s, an occupation that culminates in the 1929 publication of Heidegger's only complete monograph, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. The turn to Kant is a curious and significant fact, occurring as it does at a crucial juncture of Heidegger's development, and it calls for explanation. This chapter identifies the motive and phases of Heidegger's reading of Kant's transcendental program. It then focuses on the 1935-36 course, which revises the horizon of questioning operative in the Kant book. The first phase of Heidegger's Kant-interpretation begins in Heidegger's student days, continues through his breakthrough lecture course, and remains through 1925. With the second phase, Heidegger now thinks Kant is not only on the right topic but also that he is a phenomenologist who anticipates and in part supersedes Husserl.
