Robert Piercey

The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty

Doing Philosophy Historically

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book Robert Piercey asks how it is possible to do philosophy by studying the thinkers of the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781107404328
• ISBN-10: 1107404320
• Artikelnr.: 35062433

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction: the uses of the past
1. Doing philosophy historically
2. The role of narrative
3. Defending the historical thesis
4. The critical approach: MacIntyre
5. The diagnostic approach: Heidegger
6. The synthetic approach: Ricoeur
Consequences
References
Index.