Columbia companion to twentieth-century philosophies / / edited by Constantin V. Boundas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813913103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Columbia University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-13635-6; 9786612136351; 0-7486-2929-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 740 pages)
• Classificazione: CI 1100
• Altri autori (Persone): BoundasConstantin V
• Disciplina: 190.9/04
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Modern - 20th century; Analysis (Philosophy); Continental philosophy; Philosophy, Asian; Philosophy, Indic; Philosophy, African
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- General introduction -- TWENTIETH-CENTURY ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY. How to recognize analytic philosophy -- Kant and the analytic tradition -- Metaphysical and moral idealism -- Anglo-American neo-idealism -- Ordinary language philosophy -- Logical positivism and the Vienna Circle -- Naturalism -- Pragmatism -- The promise of process philosophy -- Metaphysics -- Epistemology -- Philosophy of language: 1950-2000 -- Analytic philosophy of mind: 1950-2000 -- Philosophy of mathematics -- Philosophy of logic -- A century of transition in the philosophy of science -- Ethics -- Political philosophy -- Philosophy of religion -- Feminism -- Aesthetics -- Continental themes in analytic philosophy -- TWENTIETH-CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY. How to recognize continental European philosophy -- The Hegelian legacy -- Phenomenology -- Hermeneutics -- Existentialism -- Marxism -- Frankfurt School and philosophy -- Psychoanalysis -- Structuralism -- Discourse about difference -- Different/ciations: the case of Gilles Deleuze -- Postmodernism -- Life: ; an essay on the overcoming of metaphysics -- Philosophy of mind -- Philosophy of science -- Ethics -- Political philosophy -- Feminist philosophy -- Philosophy of religion -- Aesthetics -- Analytic themes in continental philosophy -- NON-WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Indian philosophy -- Chinese philosophy -- Japanese philosophy -- African philosophy -- Contributors -- Chronology -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited by Constantin V. Boundas, this is a thorough and authoritative survey of the state of philosophy in the 20th century written by distinguished specialists in the field.