Abstract
Heidegger discusses his own beliefs in relation to realism and idealism
in section 43 of Being and Time. This viewpoint is based on a
traditional Cartesian analysis wherein people are subjects, and the
outside world is an object. In spite of the fact that Heidegger is
neither an idealist nor a realist, this essay will contend that he tries
to preserve the kernel of genuine inquiry present in each perspective by
finding a hint of compatibility in both realism and idealism by
examining Dasein as being-in-the-world.