Medard Boss’s Daseinsanalysis Of Martin Heidegger. Reflections and a Conjecture on an Unexplored Aspect of the Zollikon Seminars

Abstract

Was Medard Boss daseinsanalyst for Martin Heidegger during the second crisis in the philosopher’s life? In addition to Boss occasionally working therapeutically with Heidegger when the two men visited each other and while traveling together, the Zollikon seminars themselves can be understood as part of Heidegger’s daseinsanalysis with Boss. Key words Martin Heidegger, Medard Boss, daseinsanalysis, existential therapy, psychotherapy