Atanasova N. Book review: Gungov A.L. Circularity in the Philosophical Logic of the Continental Tradition : Monograph. Sofia: University Press “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2023. ISBN 978-954-07-5663-9

Abstract

This book analyzes the principle of circularity within logical and philosophical works of leading representatives of the continental tradition: Hegel, Marx, Husserl, and Heidegger. The review pays attention to circularity in everyday life elucidating Marx’s–Mamardashivili’s “converted form” as well as Hegel’s logical movement from less true to really true based on the speculative presupposition. It is also exposed how the constant self-disclosure of Being as aletheia is Dasein’s circular structure of a dynamic teleological transcending towards being-in-the-world and being-with-others. Expressing the theme of intentionality is Husserl’s intersubjectivity as a way of relating better to the world, always moved by a telos.