Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is regarded as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. Ted Sadler was formerly Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Translator's Foreword; Publisher's Note; I. The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview; Preliminary Remarks; Introduction; Part I. The Idea of Philosophy as Primordial Science; 1. The Search for a Methodological Way; 2. Critique of Teleological-Critical Method; Part II. Phenomenology as Pre-Theoretical Primordial Science; 1. Analysis of the Structure of Experience; 2. The Problem of Presuppositions; 3. Primordial Science as Pre-Theoretical Science; II. Phenomenology and Transcendental Philosophy of Value; Introduction; Part I. Historical Presentation of the Problem; 1. The Genesis of Philosophy of Value as the Cultural Philosophy of the Present; 2. Windelband's Grounding of Modern Transcendental Philosophy of Value; 3. The Further Development of Value-Philosophy by Rickert; Part II. Critical Considerations; Appendix I: On the Nature of the University and Academic Study; Appendix II: The Idea of Philosophy and the Problem of Worldview; Short Glossary.