"Bento Prado Jr. brings to bear the magnitude of his thought and the range of his cultural understanding, which were already discernible in his previous work, on the philosophy that he develops in this book and that is as original as it is profound, situating the author at the interface between the continental and the analytical traditions. With Error, Illusion, Madness, Prado Jr. emerges as the greatest Brazilian philosopher of the twentieth century."
Renaud Barbaras, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Publisher's Note
Foreword - Vladimir Safatle
Preface
1. Error, Illusion Madness
Commentary by Arley Ramos Moreno: "Error, Illusion, Madness"
2. Descartes and the Last Wittgenstein: The Dream Argument Revisited
3. Wittgenstein: Culture and Value
4. Plane of Immanence and Life
Commentary by Arley Ramos Moreno: 'Values and Plane of Immanence'
5. Relativism as a Counterpoint
Commentary by Sérgio Cardoso: 'Bento Prado Jr.'s Lecture on Relativism'
Commentary by Paulo Eduardo Arantes:'Neither Apel, Nor Rorty'
6. On Deleuze: An Interview
7. Bergson, 110 Years Later
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Bento Prado Jr. was an influential Brazilian philosopher who taught at the University of São Paulo and the Federal University of São Carlos.