A Thing of This World
A History of Continental Anti-realism
Lee Braver(Author)
John McCumber(Editor)
Northwestern University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2007
Book
Hardback
656 pages
978-0-8101-2379-3 (ISBN)
Description
At a time when the analytic/continental split dominates contemporary philosophy, this ambitious work offers a careful and clear-minded way to bridge that divide. Combining conceptual rigor and clarity of prose with historical erudition, ""A Thing of This World"" shows how one of the standard issues of analytic philosophy - realism and anti-realism - has also been at the heart of continental philosophy. Using a framework derived from prominent analytic thinkers, Lee Braver traces the roots of anti-realism to Kant's idea that the mind actively organizes experience. He then shows in depth and in detail how this idea evolves through the works of Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. This narrative presents an illuminating account of the history of continental philosophy by explaining how these thinkers build on each other's attempts to develop new concepts of reality and truth in the wake of the rejection of realism. Braver demonstrates that the analytic and continental traditions have been discussing the same issues, albeit with different vocabularies, interests, and approaches. By developing a commensurate vocabulary, his book promotes a dialogue between the two branches of philosophy in which each can begin to learn from the other.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
Adult education
Weight
935 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-2379-3 (9780810123793)
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E-Book
12/2007
1st Edition
Northwestern University Press
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Persons
Lee Braver is chair of the department of philosophy at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio.
Content
Introduction: The Kantian Root; 1. Defining Realism; I. THE KANTIAN PARADIGM; 2. Kant's Revolution; 3. Hegel - The Truth of the Whole; 4. Nietzsche - Will-to-Truth; Transition; 5. Early Heidegger - Fundamental Ontology; II. THE HEIDEGGERIAN PARADIGM; 6. Later Heidegger - ""The Great Turning Around""; 7. Foucault's History of Truth; Post; 8. Derrida; Conclusion: Anthropology from Two Kantian Points of View or, A Tale of Two Kants.