Heidegger and the grammar of being

Abstract

In contemporary philosophical circles it is common to distinguish between analytic philosophy and continental philosophy. To what extent there is a real difference between these two sorts of philosophy, rather than simply a matter of linguistic style and idiom, is a substantial issue. I am inclined to think that there is not.1 This essay may go a little way towards showing this, but that is not the topic that I have on the agenda here.