The Emergence of Relativism: German Thought from the Enlightenment to National Socialism

ISBN-13: 9781138571877 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 258 str.

Martin Kusch; Katherina Kinzel; Johannes Steizinger

Opis

The Emergence of Relativism will be of interest to those studying nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy, German idealism and history and philosophy of science as well as those in related disciplines such as sociology and anthropology.

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General Introduction  Part I: History Introduction Katherina Kinzel  1. Hieroglyphic Historicism: Herder’s and Ranke’s Theology of History Niels Wildschut  2. The History of Philosophy and the Puzzles of Life: Windelband and Dilthey on the Ahistorical Core of Philosophical Thinking Katherina Kinzel  3. Hermeneutic Responses to Relativism: Gadamer and the Historicist Tradition Kirstin Gjesdal  Part II: Science Introduction Martin Kusch  4. Perspectivalism in the Development of Scientific Observer-Relativity Lydia Patton  5. Physical or Philosophical? Mach and Einstein on Being a Relativist Richard Staley  6. Husserl on Relativism Dermot Moran  7. "Open Systems" and Anti-Relativism: Anti-Relativist Strategies in Psychological Discourses around 1900 Paul Ziche  Part III: Epistemology Introduction Niels Wildschut  8. Knowledge and Affect: Perspectivism Reconsidered Brian Leiter  9. Cassirer on Relativism in Science and Morality Samantha Matherne  10. Simmel and Mannheim on the Sociology of Philosophy, Historicism, and Relativism Martin Kusch  11. Was Heidegger a Relativist? Sacha Golob  Part IV: Politics Introduction Johannes Steizinger  12. Unity and Diversity: Herder, Relativism, and Pluralism Vicky A. Spencer  13. Socializing Knowledge and Historicizing Society: Marx and Engels and the Manuscripts of 1845–1846 Terrell Carver  14. National Socialism and the Problem of Relativism Johannes Steizinger.  Index