Patrick R. Frierson

What is the Human Being?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophers, anthropologists and biologists have long puzzled over the question of human nature. In this lucid and wide-ranging introduction to Kant's philosophy of human nature - which is essential for understanding his thought as a whole - Patrick Frierson assesses Kant's theories and examines his critics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9780415558440
• ISBN-10: 0415558441
• Artikelnr.: 36623727

Autorenporträt

Patrick R. Frierson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Whitman College, Washington USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Kant on the Human Being 1. Kant's Transcendental
Anthropology 2. Kant's Empirical Anthropology 3. Human Evil and Human
History 4. Human Diversity 5. Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology Part 2: From
Kant to the Twentieth Century 6. Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Freud
Part 3: What is the Human Being Today? 7. Scientific Naturalism 8.
Historicism and Diversity 9. Existentialism 10. Normativity Conclusion.
Index