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Continental philosophy / Simon Critchley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 43Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: [ix], 149p. : ill., facsim., ports. 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780192853592
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Contents:
The gap between knowledge and wisdom -- Origins of continental philosophy: how to get from Kant to German idealism -- Spectacles and eyes to see with: two cultures in philosophy -- Can philosophy change the world? Critique, praxis, emancipation -- What is to be done? How to respond to nihilism -- A case study in misunderstanding: Heidegger and Carnap -- Scientism versus obscurantism: avoiding the traditional predicament in philosophy -- Sapere aude: The exhaustion of theory and the promise of philosophy
Summary: Critchley discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Husserl, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the continental tradition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The gap between knowledge and wisdom -- Origins of continental philosophy: how to get from Kant to German idealism -- Spectacles and eyes to see with: two cultures in philosophy -- Can philosophy change the world? Critique, praxis, emancipation -- What is to be done? How to respond to nihilism -- A case study in misunderstanding: Heidegger and Carnap -- Scientism versus obscurantism: avoiding the traditional predicament in philosophy -- Sapere aude: The exhaustion of theory and the promise of philosophy

Critchley discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Husserl, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the continental tradition.

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