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- A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
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At a time when the analytic/continental split dominates contemporary philosophy, this ambitious work offers a careful and clear-minded way to bridge that divide. Combining conceptual rigor and clarity of prose with historical erudition, A Thing of This World shows how one of the standard issues of analytic philosophy--realism and anti-realism--has also been at the heart of continental philosophy.
Using a framework derived from prominent analytic thinkers, Lee Braver traces the roots of anti-realism to Kant's idea that the mind actively organizes experience. He then shows in depth and in detail how this idea evolves through the works of Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. This narrative presents an illuminating account of the
history of continental philosophy by explaining how these thinkers build on each other's attempts to develop new concepts of reality and truth in the wake of the rejection of realism. Braver demonstrates that the analytic and continental traditions have been discussing the same issues, albeit with different vocabularies, interests, and approaches.
By developing a commensurate vocabulary, his book promotes a dialogue between the two branches of philosophy in which each can begin to learn from the other.
Using a framework derived from prominent analytic thinkers, Lee Braver traces the roots of anti-realism to Kant's idea that the mind actively organizes experience. He then shows in depth and in detail how this idea evolves through the works of Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida. This narrative presents an illuminating account of the
history of continental philosophy by explaining how these thinkers build on each other's attempts to develop new concepts of reality and truth in the wake of the rejection of realism. Braver demonstrates that the analytic and continental traditions have been discussing the same issues, albeit with different vocabularies, interests, and approaches.
By developing a commensurate vocabulary, his book promotes a dialogue between the two branches of philosophy in which each can begin to learn from the other.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Guide to Matrices
- pp. xix-xxi
- Introduction: The Kantian Root
- pp. 3-11
- 1. Defining Realism
- pp. 13-30
- Part 1: The Kantian Paradigm
- 2. Kant’s Revolution
- pp. 33-58
- 3. Hegel: The Truth of the Whole
- pp. 59-113
- 4. Nietzsche’s Will to Truth
- pp. 114-160
- Transition
- 5. Early Heidegger: Fundamental Ontology
- pp. 163-253
- Part 2: The Heideggerian Paradigm
- 7. Foucault’s History of Truth
- pp. 342-427
- Post
- 8. Derrida
- pp. 431-496
- Bibliography
- pp. 559-583
- About the Author
- p. 591
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810161702
Related ISBN(s)
9780810123793, 9780810123809
MARC Record
OCLC
314375211
Pages
591
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No