Philosophy at the limit
by Wood, David
The structure and style of philosophy have evolved in response to philosophy's confrontation with its own limits. Are these limits real or are they just phantoms haunting the philosophical project? How do philosophy and philosophers attempt to overcome these limits, or come to terms with them? In Philosophy at the Limit, David Wood pursues this theme in modern philosophers from Hegel to Derrida, including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Gadamer. He focuses on questions of philosophical …
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- Full title :Philosophy at the limit / David Wood.
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The structure and style of philosophy have evolved in response to philosophy's confrontation with its own limits. Are these limits real or are they just phantoms haunting the philosophical project? How do philosophy and philosophers attempt to overcome these limits, or come to terms with them? In Philosophy at the Limit, David Wood pursues this theme in modern philosophers from Hegel to Derrida, including Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Gadamer. He focuses on questions of philosophical style, dialogue and indirect communication, the structural closure of philosophical texts, and performative strategy in philosophy. Philosophy at the Limit is an accessible discussion of many of the complex issues that empower continental philosophy. It will appeal to students of philosophy and contemporary thought at every level, and to the general reader interested in the heart of the current debates in European thought. --
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- Publication Date:©1990
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- Publisher(s):Unwin Hyman
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990
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- Description:xix, 162 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0044456255, 9780044456254, 0044456247, 9780044456247
- oclc:ocm24379205
- LC Classification:B803
- Dewey Decimal:190
Table of Contents
The faces of silence -- Metaphysics and metaphor -- Deconstruction and criticism -- Philosophy as writing : the case of Hegel -- Nietzsche's styles -- Indirect commuication -- Vigilance and interruption : Derrida, Gadamer and the limits of dialogue -- Performative reflexivity -- Conclusion : the theatre of difficulty.
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