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Twentieth Century German Philosophy
Paul Gorner
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Description for Twentieth Century German Philosophy
Paperback. This book examines important movements of 20th century German philosophy, such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and critical theory. With chapters on Husserl, Heidegger, Gadamer, Habermas, and Apel, Gorner discusses the philosophers and philosophies against the background of what is most distinctive in the German philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 236 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
This book offers an historical and critical account of some of the main philosophical movements and of the major German philosophers of the twentieth century. In an accessible way, Gorner takes the reader through the principal representatives: Husserl's phenomenology; Gadamer's hermeneutics; Habermas's critical theory; and Apel's pragmatics, and gives extensive treatment of Heidegger's fundamental ontology and history of being. Twentieth Century German Philosophy provides both the undergraduate and general reader with a discussion of these philosophers and philosophies against the background of what is most distinctive in the German philosophical tradition.
This book offers an historical and critical account of some of the main philosophical movements and of the major German philosophers of the twentieth century. In an accessible way, Gorner takes the reader through the principal representatives: Husserl's phenomenology; Gadamer's hermeneutics; Habermas's critical theory; and Apel's pragmatics, and gives extensive treatment of Heidegger's fundamental ontology and history of being. Twentieth Century German Philosophy provides both the undergraduate and general reader with a discussion of these philosophers and philosophies against the background of what is most distinctive in the German philosophical tradition.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192893093
SKU
KOC0009967
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About Paul Gorner
Paul Gorner is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Reviews for Twentieth Century German Philosophy
One of Gorner's strenghs is that he brings the usual clarity of analytic philosophy to the often fuzziness of German philosophy.'/Christopher Adair-Toteff, British JOurnal for the History of Philosophy, Vol 10, No.4, November 2002