Contemporary Philosophical Alternatives and the Crisis of Truth: A Critical Study of Positivism, Existentialism and Marxism - Brossura

Rauche, G. A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9401182418 ISBN 13: 9789401182416

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 1970

Riassunto

The function of philosophy may be circumscribed as consisting in ma­ king a keen analysis of the peculiar nature of the crisis-situation, as it has existed among mell throughout th~ centuries of human history, and as it manifested itself in definite ways at the various stages of this his­ tory. That is to say, philosophy may be regarded as the discipline which, again and again, will have to determine the authenticity of man's ex­ istence in the light of the changing conditions of life, i. e. , man's chang­ ing needs and interests. Fundamentally, these needs may be regarded as being of a material, an intellectual, an aesthetical and a spiritual kind. On the grounds of the crisis, which inevitably exists among men on ac­ count of the controversial nature of their various truth-perspectives, as they are postulated on a personal level, in the sciences, in history, in the fine arts and in theology, man creates and re-creates the goods of civilization and the cultural values. The task of philosophy consists then in making an ever new assessment of man's changing needs, in­ terests and aspirations on the basis of the specific conflicts and prob­ lems with which man wrestles at a certain historical stage. It is in this way that the important philosophical systems were constructed, which we still admire to-day.

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Contenuti:

List of Contents.- The Nature of the present Crisis.- The Functionalistic Alternative or the Alternative of the Status Quo.- The Existential Alternative.- The Dialectical Alternative.- Philosophy as a Representation of the Nature of Truth.- 1. General Observations.- 2. The Historical Nature of Philosophy.- 3. The Anthropological Character of Philosophical Projects.- 4. The Systematic Aspect of the History of Philosophy as the Mirror of Human Truth.- A. The Logic of the History of Philosophy.- B. The Epistemology of the History of Philosophy.- C. The Metaphysics of the History of Philosophy.- D. The Ethics of the History of Philosophy.- The Existential Character of Philosophy and the Problem of Authentic Existence.- Conclusion.

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• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 1970
• ISBN 10: 9401182418
• ISBN 13: 9789401182416
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 172