Hegel's Epistemological Realism - A Study of the Aim and Method of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)

The scope of this study is both ambitious and modest. One of its ambitions is to reintegrate Hegel's theory of knowledge into main stream epist ology. Hegel's views were formed in consideration of Classical Skepticism and Modern epistemology, and he frequently presupposes great familiarity with other views and the difficulties they face. Setting Hegel's discussion in the context of both traditional and contemporary epistemology is therefore necessary for correctly interpreting his issues, arguments, and views. Accordingly, this is an issues-oriented study. I analyze Hegel's problematic and method by placing them in the context of Sextus Empiricus, Descartes, Kant, Carnap, and William Alston. I discuss Carnap, rather than a Modern empiricist such as Locke or Hume, for several reasons. One is that Hegel himself refutes a fundamental presupposition of Modern empiricism, the doctrine of "knowledge by acquaintance," in the first chapter of the Phenomenology, a chapter that cannot be reconstructed within the bounds of this study.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Philosophical Studies Series, 43
Release date:	April 1989
First published:	April 1989
Authors:	K. R. Westphal
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
Edition:	1989 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-0193-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-0193-5
Barcode:	9780792301936

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