A parting of the ways : Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger / Michael Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Michael, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Analysis (Philosophy).

Philosophy, European--20th century.

Philosophy, European.

Carnap, Rudolf, 1891-1970.

Carnap, Rudolf.

Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945.

Cassirer, Ernst.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1930's, philosophy has been divided into two camps: the analytic tradition which prevails in the Anglophone world and the continental tradition which holds sway over the European continent. A Parting of the Ways looks at the origins of this split through the lens of one defining episode: the disputation in Davos, Switzerland, in 1929, between the two most eminent German philosophers, Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger. This watershed debate was attended by Rudolf Carnap, a representative of the Vienna Circle of logical positivists.Michael Friedman shows how

Contents:

Contents; Preface; A Note on Texts and Translations; 1. Encounter at Davos; 2. Overcoming Metaphysics: Carnap and Heidegger; 3. The Neo-Kantian Background; 4. Heidegger; 5. Carnap; 6. Cassirer; 7. Logic and Objectivity: Cassirer and Carnap; 8. Before and After Davos: Cassirer and Heidegger; 9. Analytic and Continental Traditions in Perspective; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-60591-3

9786613786609

0-8126-9755-3

OCLC:

721195244