Essays in Philosophy: Modern
Stanley Rosen (Auteur), Martin Black (Sous la direction de)
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1931. This book contains some popular lectures on philosophy in which Mr. James has sought to unify the picture as it presents itself to his eyes, dealing in broad strokes and avoiding minute controversy. Contents: present dilemma in philosophy; what pragmatism means; some metaphysical problems pragmatically considered; the one and the many; pragmatism and common sense; pragmatism's conception of truth; pragmatism and humanism; pragmatism and religion.
Denmark's foremost philosopher and religious writer, Søren Kierkegaard (1833-1855) maintained a journal throughout his adult life that amounted to more than 7,000 pages of alternative drafts of published works, biographical events, musings, and outpourings. A precursor of the Existential movement and a major influence on modern Protestant theology, Kierkegaard confided to his journal his further reflections on the ideas developed in his philosophical and theological works, on his tumultuous career as an author, and on his own relationship with his work and readers. "There can be few books in English that admit the reader so intimately to a process of thinking on such a scale, at so many levels, so unflinching and direct," declared the English periodical, The Tablet. Indeed, the journals attest to the philosopher's lively imagination, his poetic powers of self-expression, and the brilliance of his intellect. Students of philosophy and literature are bound to agree with The New Statesman's assessment: "No biography can take the place of these Journals for the understanding of Kierkegaard's very peculiar position as a thinker." Unabridged republication of The Journals of Kierkegaard, published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York and Evanston, 1959.
It is commonly believed that Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), well known as the founder of phenomenology and as the teacher of Heidegger, was unable to free himself from the framework of a classical metaphysics of subjectivity. Supposedly, he never abandoned the view that the world and the Other are constituted by a pure transcendental subject, and his thinking in consequence remains Cartesian, idealistic, and solipsistic. The continuing publication of Husserl’s manuscripts has made it necessary to revise such an interpretation. Drawing upon both Husserl’s published works and posthumous material, "Husserl’s Phenomenology" incorporates the results of the most recent Husserl research. It is divided into three parts, roughly following the chronological development of Husserl’s thought, from his early analyses of logic and intentionality, through his mature transcendental-philosophical analyses of reduction and constitution, to his late analyses of intersubjectivity and lifeworld. It can consequently serve as a concise and updated introduction to his thinking.
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A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then--diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions--continue to confront us today. This new edition, published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of its original publication, contains an improved and expanded index and a new introduction by noted Arendt scholar Margaret Canovan which incisively analyzes the book's argument and examines its present relevance. A classic in political and social theory, The Human Condition is a work that has proved both timeless and perpetually timely. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the leading social theorists in the United States. Her Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy and Love and Saint Augustine are also published by the University of Chicago Press.