Obed Frausto

The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact

Controversies on Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Nineteenth-Century France and Mexico

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the political-philosophical controversies in nineteenth-century France and Mexico. Frausto argues that these controversial spaces and times integrate humanities, sciences, and technologies. The power of the metaphysical artifact is a democratic metaphor to transcend disciplinary boundaries and welcome different perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9781793654434
• ISBN-10: 1793654433
• Artikelnr.: 66352679

Autorenporträt

Obed Frausto is assistant professor of humanities at Ball State University, Indiana,

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The French Political Philosophy of Science in the Late Nineteenth
Century: Eclecticism, Positivism, and Political Romanticism
Chapter I. The Philosophical Eclecticism of Victor Cousin
Chapter II. The Engineers¿ Paradise: Saint-Simon, Auguste Comte, and Pierre
Leroux
Chapter III. The Philosophical and Political Debates of the Spiritualists,
the Scientists, and the Positivists
Part II: Philosophical-Political Debates in Mexico: Positivism and
Spiritualism
Chapter IV. The Paradise of the Physicians: The Mexican Positivism of
Gabino Barreda.
Chapter V. The Political Spiritualism of José María Vigil and the Political
and Historical Debate with Sierra
Chapter VI. The Philosophical Debates over the Logic Textbook
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author