Der Begriff des Zufalls als Ereignisgestalt im seynsgeschichtlichen Denken

This text analyses some stages in the genesis and development of the problem of chance (Zufall) in Heidegger’s thought, showing how it runs through the philosopher’s entire oeuvre. In particular, after tracing the theoretical formation of the concept in the author’s youthful philosophy (whose main sources are the Neo-Kantianism of the Southwest School and the hermeneutic-phenomenological interpretation of Aristotle), I come to examine some passages taken from the works devoted to the problem of the event (Ereignis), in which Heidegger reconfirms the speculative centrality of the Zufall and its importance for the Ereignis-Denken.