Toward a new foundationalism : from Carnap to Kripke, and from Husserl to Sallis / by Bernard Freydberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freydberg, Bernard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

This book addresses the breach within contemporary philosophy with a newly conceived foundationalism. It shows that dramatic discord has arisen between its two dominant branches. The Anglo-American branch generally takes its departure from logic and from natural science, while the Continental branch generally takes its departure from art and from the great traditional questions. However, they share this common negative feature: each side denies the view that philosophy issues from a central foundation. The book gives brief distillations of six major Anglo-American figures: Carnap, James, Quine, Davidson and Kripke; as well as six major Continental figures: Husserl (the only foundationalist), Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Gadamer, and Sallis. In each, the author discovers a hidden foundation called ruling image that animates the philosopher's thought.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Prelude

A Note on the Unusual Tone of the Book

Rudolph Carnap

William James

Willard van Orman Quine

Donald Davidson

Saul Kripke

Richard Rorty

A Surprising Measure

Edmund Husserl

Martin Heidegger

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Jacques Derrida

Hans-Georg Gadamer

John Sallis

Afterword

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-6387-1

OCLC:

1231610988