Historical Understanding in the Thought of Wilhelm Dilthey / Theodore Plantinga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plantinga, Theodore, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Philosophy--History.

History.

Dilthey, Wilhelm, 1833-1911.

Dilthey, Wilhelm.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1980]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher who has influenced twentieth-century intellectual history is subjected to careful analysis in this book. What emerges is a reinterpretation of his theory of understanding (Verstehen) and historical knowledge.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 The Question of History; Some Doubts about Historical Knowledge; Dilthey's Initial Approach to Historical Knowledge; Dilthey as a Theorist of History; Meaning in History; 2 The Autonomy of the Geisteswissenschaften; Generalizing and Individualizing Sciences; Dilthey on the Two Kinds of Sciences; Individuality in the 'Geisteswissenschaften'; 3 Beyond Psychology; 'Geist' and the 'Geisteswissenschaften'; The Fundamental Shift in Dilthey's Thinking; The Question of Psychology; The Unity and Framework of Dilthey's Thought; Types of 'Geisteswissenschaften'

4 A Philosophy of LifeLife and the Mind; Dilthey's Rejection of Metaphysics; 5 Expression and Understanding; Lived Experience as the Soil of Culture; Understanding as the Basis for Community; 6 Hermeneutics and Historical Science; The Limits of Immediate Understanding; Dilthey's Interest in Hermeneutics; Understanding in the Historical Sciences; Historical Method and Objectivity; The Issue of 'Besserverstehen'; 7 Historicism and Relativism; Historicism and Historicality; Relativism and Relativity; Dilthey's Own Outlook on Life; 8 Provisional Individualism; Dilthey as Philosopher

Historical KnowledgeUnresolved Metaphysical Issues; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7981-0

OCLC:

1129179984