Contemporary French Philosophy : A Study in Norms and Values

ISBN-13: 9780415610704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 270 str.

Colin Smith;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

The author's knowledge of French literature is extensive and thorough, and a feature of the book is his analysis of the philosophical implications of literary works by Sartre, Paul Valery, Camus and others.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Search for Significance  1. Absurdity. The Gulf Between Man and his World. Camus.  2. Transcendence. The Pursuit of Meaning as a Necessary but 'useless passion'. Sartre  3. Participation. A Vindication of Being-in-Itself as Meaningful. Louis Lavelle.  Part 2: The Role of Reason and the Concept  4. As Meditation Between Subject and Object. Alquié  5. As an Assimilating Force Within the World. André Lalande  6. As an Assimilating Force for the Production of New Meanings. Gaston Bachelard and E. Morot-Sir  7. The Concept as Expression. The Extraction of Provisional Meanings from  the Permanently Indeterminate. Merleau Ponty  8. The Rejection of 'Expressionism'. The 'logos' as the rule of thought. Brice Parain  Part 3: Norms and Values  9. Closed and Open Evolutionary Morality. Bergson's The Two Sources  10. Involutionary Morality. André Lalande  11. The Creation of Values. Raymond Polin  12. The Contingency of Value. Vladimir Jankélévitch  13. Detail and Atmosphere. René Le Senne  14. The Instant  15. Choice  16. The Authentic and the Everyday. Camus  17. Universality and Particularity  18. Saint-Exupéry

O autorze

Colin Smith