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Contemporary Continental Philosophy steps back from current debates
comparing Continental and analytic philosophy and carefully, yet
critically outlines the tradition's main philosophical views on
epistemology and ontology. Forgoing obscure paraphrases, D'Amico
provides a detailed, clear account and assessment of the tradition
from its founding by Husserl and Heidegger to its challenge by
Derrida and Foucault. Though intended as a survey of this tradition
throughout the twentieth century, this study's focus is on the
philosophical problems which gave it birth and even now continue to
shape it.The book reexamines Husserl as an early critic of
epistemological naturalism whose grasp of the philosophical
importance of the theory of meaning was largely ignored.
Heidegger's contrasting effort to revive ontology is examined in
terms of his distinction between ontic and ontological questions.
In contrast with many earlier studies, the author outlines
confusions engendered by the misappropriation of the distinct
philosophical agendas of Husserl and Heidegger by such famous
figures as Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. The book is also original in
its emphasis on how social externalism in epistemology, inspired by
Karl Mannheim, influenced this tradition's structuralist and
Marxist phases. The philosophical defenses of a theory of
interpretation by Gadamer and Habermas are closely examined and
assessed and the study concludes with a a probing yet balanced
account of Foucault and Derrida as critics of philosophical
autonomy. The book concludes by reassessing this century-long
divide between the analytic and Continental traditions and its
implication for the future of philosophy.
A critical account of the case for historicism from Popper to
Foucault, this volume, originally published in 1989, shows the
viability of an historicist account of knowledge by replying to
traditional objections and the need for defenses of realism and
reference at the heart of most alternatives to historicism. The
book provides insights to those in philosophy as well as literary
criticism, intellectual history, history of science, and cultural
criticism.
A critical account of the case for historicism from Popper to
Foucault, this volume, originally published in 1989, shows the
viability of an historicist account of knowledge by replying to
traditional objections and the need for defenses of realism and
reference at the heart of most alternatives to historicism. The
book provides insights to those in philosophy as well as literary
criticism, intellectual history, history of science, and cultural
criticism.
"Contemporary Continental Philosophy "steps back from current
debates comparing Continental and analytic philosophy and
carefully, yet critically outlines the tradition's main
philosophical views on epistemology and ontology. Forgoing obscure
paraphrases, D'Amico provides a detailed, clear account and
assessment of the tradition from its founding by Husserl and
Heidegger to its challenge by Derrida and Foucault. Though intended
as a survey of this tradition throughout the twentieth century,
this study's focus is on the philosophical problems which gave it
birth and even now continue to shape it.The book reexamines Husserl
as an early critic of epistemological naturalism whose grasp of the
philosophical importance of the theory of meaning was largely
ignored. Heidegger's contrasting effort to revive ontology is
examined in terms of his distinction between ontic and ontological
questions. In contrast with many earlier studies, the author
outlines confusions engendered by the misappropriation of the
distinct philosophical agendas of Husserl and Heidegger by such
famous figures as Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. The book is also
original in its emphasis on how social externalism in epistemology,
inspired by Karl Mannheim, influenced this tradition's
structuralist and Marxist phases. The philosophical defenses of a
theory of interpretation by Gadamer and Habermas are closely
examined and assessed and the study concludes with a a probing yet
balanced account of Foucault and Derrida as critics of
philosophical autonomy. The book concludes by reassessing this
century-long divide between the analytic and Continental traditions
and its implication for the future of philosophy.
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