The Story of Western PhilosophyThis book was born of the paperback boom, and it is meant as an aid in the interpretation of the history of Western philosophy. It is designed especially for use in a course in the history of philosophy, but I hope that it may also prove useful for other purposes, such as an historical introduction to philosophy or a comprehensive review of the history of philosophy or just as a help to the general reader trying to make some sense out of the history of Western philosophy.-Preface. |
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... Kant's distinctive modernity . This presupposition is the most fundamental and important one in Kant's philoso- phy . Fourth , from these first three propositions the " Coperni- can " revolution ... Kant 273 Kant's Solution in Detail,
... Kant's distinctive modernity . This presupposition is the most fundamental and important one in Kant's philoso- phy . Fourth , from these first three propositions the " Coperni- can " revolution ... Kant 273 Kant's Solution in Detail,
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... Kant's " Transcendental Esthetic , " for they disagree with Kant's claim that “ All mathe- matical judgments , without exception , are synthetic , " and maintain instead that they are all analytic , that they depend solely on ...
... Kant's " Transcendental Esthetic , " for they disagree with Kant's claim that “ All mathe- matical judgments , without exception , are synthetic , " and maintain instead that they are all analytic , that they depend solely on ...
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... Kant's philosophy in order to render Kant's system consistent . As might be expected , however , Kant himself protested against any attempt to discover the doctrines of Fichte in his own writ- ings ; and he insisted that they were to be ...
... Kant's philosophy in order to render Kant's system consistent . As might be expected , however , Kant himself protested against any attempt to discover the doctrines of Fichte in his own writ- ings ; and he insisted that they were to be ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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