Tom Rockmore

In Kant's Wake (eBook, PDF)

Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Kant's Wake evaluates the four main trends in philosophy in the twentieth century - Marxism, Anglo-American analytic, American pragmatism, and continental philosophy - and argues that all four evolved in reaction to Kant's fascinating and demanding philosophy.

• Gives a sense of the main thinkers and problems, and the nature of their debates;
• Provides an intriguing assessment of the accomplishments of twentieth-century philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405152310
• Artikelnr.: 38281841

Autorenporträt

Tom Rockmore is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. His previous publications include Cognition: An Introduction to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1997), Marx after Marxism (Blackwell, 2002), Before and After Hegel: A Historical Introduction to Hegel's Thought (2003), The Philosophical Challenges of September 11 (edited with Joseph Margolis and Armen T. Marsoobian, Blackwell, 2004), On Constructivist Epistemology (2005), and Hegel, Idealism and Analytic Philosophy (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.
1. Toward Interpreting Twentieth Century Philosophy.
2. Kant and the Post-Kantian Debate.
3. On Marxism in the twentieth century.
4. Pragmatism as epistemology.
5. Continental philosophy as phenomenology.
6. Anglo-American analytic philosophy.
7. Kant and Twentieth Century Philosophy.
Notes.
Index

Rezensionen

"...there is no other book of comparable length offering suchcomprehensive coverage of 20th-century philosophy. The book is alsowell written, interesting, and packed with information about thedevelopment of philosophy in the last century." D. Haugen,Choice

"In Kant's Wake is a brilliant book.It brings the story of contemporary philosophy back to its roots inKant's Copernican revolution, reminding us of the importanceof knowing our past." Angelica Nuzzo, BrooklynCollege

"Rockmore has written a clear, concise, and compellingaccount of twentieth-century philosophy, focusing on two richinterpretations of Kant's thought in order to illuminate fourmajor twentieth-century movements. In Kant's Wakemakes a substantial contribution to our understanding of theintellectual currents of the last century as it inspires us tothink about the future of Western philosophy." MitchellAboulafia, Pennsylvania State University