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Reason and Life: An Introduction to an Ecological Approach in Philosophy
W. Kim Rogers
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Reason and Life begins with a critical historical examination of past forms of reason (Ancient and Modern) as well as more recent contenders (Existentialism, Phenomenology, the New Marxism ). All of these are critiqued as not capable of adequately interpreting life, that is, the interaction of living beings and their environment, because of their fixation upon the role of the being-in-itself, the knower, the individual consciousness. The author suggest as an alternative approach replacing Modern reason with a razon vital or an organismic approach, initially present in the writings of Jose Ortega y Gasset and Kurt Goldstein, ... Read more
Reason and Life begins with a critical historical examination of past forms of reason (Ancient and Modern) as well as more recent contenders (Existentialism, Phenomenology, the New Marxism ). All of these are critiqued as not capable of adequately interpreting life, that is, the interaction of living beings and their environment, because of their fixation upon the role of the being-in-itself, the knower, the individual consciousness. The author suggest as an alternative approach replacing Modern reason with a razon vital or an organismic approach, initially present in the writings of Jose Ortega y Gasset and Kurt Goldstein, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of America
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761825418
SKU
V9780761825418
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About W. Kim Rogers
W. Kim Rogers is Professor Emeritus, East Tennessee State University, Retired.
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