TTLA: Martin Heidegger's Philosophy and Its Contemporary Relevance

1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Nguyen Van Truong 2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: May 7, 1988 4. Place of birth: Phu Tho

5. Decision No. 4618/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process:

The doctoral candidate changed the title of their dissertation once: From the title: “The Philosophy of Martin Heidegger and its Significance for the Development of Philosophical Thought in Vietnam Today” according to Decision No. 388/QD-XHNV, dated February 28, 2017, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, to the dissertation title: “The Philosophy of Martin Heidegger and its Contemporary Significance” according to Decision No. 3935/QD-XHNV, dated October 11, 2019, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

7. Thesis Title:Martin Heidegger's philosophy and its contemporary relevance.

8. Specialization: Dialectical Materialism and Historical Materialism

9. Code: 62.22.03.02

10. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Vu Hao

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The dissertation has contributed to analyzing and clarifying the research situation related to the topic "Martin Heidegger's philosophy and its contemporary significance".

- The dissertation clarified the conditions and prerequisites for the emergence of Martin Heidegger's philosophy, including his life and work as subjective factors; and the socio-economic and cultural conditions and ideological prerequisites as objective factors for the emergence of his philosophy.

- The dissertation systematically analyzed the fundamental contents of Martin Heidegger's philosophical thought, particularly ontology, ethics, and philosophy of language.

- The dissertation has clarified the contemporary significance of M. Heidegger's philosophical thought based on a critical evaluation and comparison from the standpoint of Marxism-Leninism. The dissertation attempts to identify the "rational core" and suggestive value of Martin Heidegger's philosophy for solving current practical problems in Vietnam.

12. Practical applications: This dissertation can be used as a reference for research and teaching of the history of modern Western philosophy, creating a foundation for understanding Western culture in general, and German culture in particular, in the spirit of "separating the wheat from the chaff" in a way that is consistent with the international integration strategy of the Vietnamese Party and State.

13. Further research directions: History of modern Western philosophy, Logic, Dialectical materialism and historical materialism, etc.

14. Published works related to the dissertation:

- Nguyen Van Truong (2018), "Martin Heidegger's conception of man in the work 'Being and Time'"””,Journal of Educational Theory(282), pp. 57-64.

- Nguyen Van Truong (2018), “The concept of man in Buddhist philosophy and Martin Heidegger’s existential philosophy - some similarities and differences”,Journal of Educational Theory(285 + 286), pp. 62-66.

- Nguyen Van Truong (2019), "On 'death' in Martin Heidegger's existential philosophy",Journal of Scientific Information on Political Theory(2), pp. 66 - 70.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. PhD Student's full name: Nguyen Van Truong 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: May 7, 1988 4. Place of birth: Phu Tho

5. Admission decision number: 4618/2016/QD-XHNV on December 29, 2016 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.

6. Changes in academic process:

PhD. student has changed the title of thesis for the first time: from the title: “Martin Heidegger's philosophy and its significance for the development of philosophical thought in Vietnam today” according to the Decision No 388/QD-XHNV on February 28, 2017 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi to the new title: “Martin Heidegger's Philosophy and its current significance” according to Decision No: 3935/QD-XHNV on October, 11, 2019 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.

7. Official title of thesis:Martin Heidegger's Philosophy and its current significance 

8. Major: Dialectical materialism and historical materialism

9. Code: 62.22.03.02

10. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Vu Hao

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has contributed to the analysis of the research situation related to the topic “Martin Heidegger's Philosophy and its current significance”.

- The thesis has clarified the conditions and prerequisites of Martin Heidegger's philosophy, including his life and career as subjective factors; socio-economic and cultural conditions and theoretical prerequisites as objective factors for his philosophical formation.

- The thesis has scientifically analyzed the main contents of Martin Heidegger philosophy, especially his ontology, ethics and philosophy of language.

- The thesis has clarified the current significance of M. Heidegger's philosophy on the basis of critical evaluation and comparison from the position of Marxism - Leninism. The thesis has tried to find out Martin Heidegger's "rational nuclei" and suggested values ​​for solving practical problems of Vietnam today.

12. Practical applicability:

The thesis can be used as references for research and teaching on the history of contemporary Western philosophy, creating a premise for understanding the Western culture in general and German culture in particular in the spirit of "filtering" in a way adaptable to the international integration strategy of the Party and the State of Vietnam.

13. Further research directions: History of contemporary Western philosophy, Logic, Dialectical materialism and historical materialism…

14. The thesis-related publications:

- Nguyen Van Truong (2018), “Martin Heidegger's conception of human being in the work “Being and Time””,Journal of Theoretical Education(282), pp. 57-64.

- Nguyen Van Truong (2018), “The conception on human of Buddhist philosophy and Martin Heidegger's existentialism philosophy - some similarities and differences”,Journal of Theoretical Education(285+286), pp. 62-66.

- Nguyen Van Truong (2019), “On "death" in the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger”,Journal of Information Political Science(2), pp. 66-70.