The challenge of philosophy / H.P. Rickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rickman, H. P. (Hans Peter)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

vi, 153 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Open Gate Press, 2000.

Contents:

Preface: in defence of philosophy

Metaphysics as the creation of meaning

Linguistic analysis and moral statements

The reaction against positivism and Dilthey's concept of understanding

Philosophy and sociology

Is a value-free social science possible?

The moral and political implications of Spinoza's concept of individuality

Kant's political philosophy

Is philosophic anthropology possible?

What is the subject matter of sociology?

Historical judgement and our knowledge of man

Dilthey and the philosophy of education

From hermeneutics to deconstruction: the epistemology of interpretation

Exorcising the ghost in the machine

Profiting from Plato.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1871871425

OCLC:

46347889