A Continental Guide to Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781474486781 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 216 str.

John Macready

Opis

Helps you understand the central debates in the three main branches of Continental philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology and ethics: What is real? How can we know what is real? How might we live authentically? These are the three fundamental questions about metaphysics, epistemology and ethics.

Spis treści

Glossary; Timeline; Introduction; Part I: Metaphysics. What is real? Plato and Descartes: 1. Plato: The Hunt for the Real; 2. Plato: The Net of Language; 3. Descartes: Mind and Reality; 4. Descartes: Truth and World; Part II: Epistemology. How can we know what is real? Hume and Kant: 5. Hume: The Mind is an Assemblage of Ideas; 6. Hume: Skepticism and Truth; 7. Kant: The Architecture of the Mind; 8. Kant: Virtual Reality and the Limits of Reason; Part III: Ethics. How might we live Authentically? Nietzsche and Arendt: 9. Nietzsche: Become Who You Are!; 10. Nietzsche: The Creative Life; 11. Arendt: Think What We Are Doing!; 12. Arendt: The Political Life; Conclusion: Philosophy for Life; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.