Continental Philosophy: A Very Short IntroductionSimon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the Continental tradition. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
Contents
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How to get from Kant to German Idealism | 12 |
Two cultures in philosophy | 32 |
4 Can Philosophy Change the World? Critique praxis emancipation | 54 |
5 What is to be Done? How to respond to nihilism | 76 |
Heidegger and Carnap | 90 |
Avoiding the traditional predicament in philosophy | 111 |
The exhaustion of theory and the promise of philosophy | 123 |
SystemProgramme | 129 |
References | 133 |
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A. J. Ayer analytic and Continental analytic philosophy ancient Anglo-American become belief Bentham Britain causal Chapter claim Coleridge concept of nihilism conflict contemporary philosophical context Continental and analytic Continental philosophy Continental tradition crisis critical critique cultural Derrida distinction between analytic Dummett emancipation emancipatory empirical English-speaking world enquiry eternal return example existence existential experience expression Fichte Foucault Frankfurt School freedom Frege gap between knowledge German idealism Habermas Hamann Hegel Heidegger and Carnap Heidegger’s hermeneutic human Husserl idea intellectual Jacobi Johann Georg Hamann Kant Kant’s Kantian knowledge and wisdom language life-world logical analysis logical positivism Marx meaning Merleau-Ponty metaphysics Mill Mill’s modern moral namely natural sciences Nietzsche Nietzsche’s nihilism notion obscurantism one’s phenomenology political practice praxis problem professional self-description propositions rational reflection Rudolf Carnap Sartre scientific conception scientism sense simply social theoretical attitude theory things thinkers thought truth understanding verifiable verification principle Vienna Circle Wittgenstein