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    Emmanuel Levinas argues that ontology, the philosophical study of being or existence, is not fundamental to philosophy. He claims that ethics should take precedence over ontology, as ethics concerns our responsibility to and for other people. Levinas believes philosophy should begin not by asking what exists, but by asking how we relate and are responsible to others outside of ourselves.

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    We see how Levinas takes Heidegerrian ontology and shows its subject-based limits when considering the relationship to “beings” as opposed to “things.” Levinas posits the idea of language as “anterior to comprehension,” going on to argue that “the Other is not an object of comprehension first and an interlocutor second.

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    Emmanuel Levinas argues that ontology, the philosophical study of being or existence, is not fundamental to philosophy. He claims that ethics should take precedence over ontology, as ethics concerns our responsibility to and for other people. Levinas believes philosophy should begin not by asking what exists, but by asking how we relate and are responsible to others outside of ourselves.

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    Is Ontology Fundamental?

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    Emmanuel Levinas argues that ontology, the philosophical study of being or existence, is not fundamental to philosophy. He claims that ethics should take precedence over ontology, as ethics concerns our responsibility to and for other people. Levinas believes philosophy should begin not by asking what exists, but by asking how we relate and are responsible to others outside of ourselves.

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    Levinas, Emmanuel, Is Ontology Fundamental?

    , Philosophy Today, 33:2


    (1989:Summer) p.121

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