In this Book
- Philosophy at the Crossroads
- Book
- 1971
- Published by: Louisiana State University Press
summary
The author proposes and elaborates a definition of philosophy and illustrates the relevance of this definition in the work of six philosophers whose writings have been crucial to the development of Western thought - Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger. Professor Ballard defines philosophy as the interpretation of archaic experience - that transition or change which forces one to attempt to understand, and usually reformulate, the basic notional framework within which order and value are discovered. He traces the growth and various directions of Western thought, and speculates on the potential for its future development.
Table of Contents
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- 1. Introduction
- pp. 3-34
- 3. Modern Man in Renaissance Space
- pp. 74-112
- 4. Kant on Nature and Human Nature
- pp. 113-171
- 7. Where Three Ways Meet
- pp. 270-296
Additional Information
ISBN
9780807149560
Related ISBN(s)
9780807105238, 9780807149577, 9780807149584
MARC Record
OCLC
794490951
Pages
300
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No