Following the pattern of interpreting Kant’s philosophy, Mou Zongsan generalized five arguments out of Heidegger’s ideology, including his general understanding of existentialism, phenomenological means and Heidegger’s basic ontology. Specifically, Mou had a misinterpretation of Heidegger’s temporality and finiteness in Kant and The Problem of Metaphysics which showed that Mou failed to notice the turning in modern western philosophy, but was restricted within the metaphysic position in Heidegger’s vision.

Mou Zongsan; Heidegger; path to existence; basic ontology; temporality; finiteness