Philosophy of Finitude

Examining the legacies of Heidegger, along with Derrida, Levinas and Nietzsche, Rafael Winkler argues that it is not the search for truth or even contradictions that stimulates philosophical thought. Instead, it is our exposure to the unthinkable or the impossible – to thought''s own limits.

An experience of the unthinkable is possible in our encounter with the uniqueness of death, the singularit...