Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Methodology

Taking Wittgenstein at His Word is an experiment in reading organized around a central question: What kind of interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy emerges if we adhere strictly to his claims that he is not in the business of presenting and defending philosophical theses and that his only aim is to expose persistent conceptual misunderstandings that lead to deep philosophical perplexities? Robert Fogelin draws out the therapeutic aspects of Wittgenstein's later work by closely examining his account of rule-following and how he applies the idea in the philosophy of...

Economics originated as a branch of the humane studies that was concerned with trying to understand how some societies flourish while others stagnate, and also how once-flourishing societies could come to stagnate. Over the major part of the 20^th century, however, economists mostly turned away from these humane and societal concerns by importing mechanistic ideas from 19^th century physics. This book seeks to show how that original humane and social focus can be renewed.

The many particular topics the book examines can be traced to two central ideas....

Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy...

Die Vermittlung von Sinnlichkeit und Verstand gehort seit dem Erscheinen der Kritik der reinen Vernunft zu den meist diskutierten und nach wie vor ungelosten Fragen der theoretischen Philosophie Kants. Anhand zahlreicher Detailanalysen verschafftder Autor Zugang zu einer Neubewertung der beweisstrategischen Zusammenhange der transzendentalen Logik. Im Zentrum seiner Uberlegungen steht dabei die relativ unscheinbare metaphysische Deduktion der Kategorien. Aus der Untersuchung werden Kriterien gewonnen, die fur jede Erkenntnis von Gegenstanden, noch ganz unabhangig von deren...