The distinction between calculating thinking and meditative thinking in Martin Heidegger’s late Philosophy

Abstract

This article intends to elucidate two fundamental concepts in Martin Heidegger’s late philosophy: the calculating thinking and the meditative thinking. At first, we present the calculating thinking, which is quite significantly in the modern age through the dominance of the subject and the technique. Then, we present the meditative thinking and its proximity to the question of the being. The meditation abstains itself from the control of the world and needs to be cultivated as a human being ability. The distinction between calculating thinking and meditative thinking concerns to human thought and human actions, as we see in the current era.