Benjamin provides readings of key canonical texts in the history of philosophy, including works by Hegel and Heidegger. This book represents a thorough and original contribution to contemporary philosophy to date.
This posthumous work by Gustav Bergmann was essentially complete before his death in 1987. In it, he proposes an ontological system that would account for all the basic areas of human thought and experience within an extended framework of logical atomism. Bergmann's approach to …
This posthumous work by Gustav Bergmann was essentially complete before his death in 1987. In it, he proposes an ontological system that would account for all the basic areas of human thought and experience within an extended framework of logical atomism. Bergmann's approach to …
The goal of this study is to investigate S[dotbelow]adra's metaphysical principles of the Return that have been either partially presented or misunderstood in most of the existing secondary literature. The philosophical arguments through which S[dotbelow]adra was able to explain…
The present study reconstructs psychological, linguistic and ontological aspects of Mullā Ṣadrā’s philosophy in the light of Brentano’s theory of intentionality. Brentano used intentionality as a psychological term to denote the ‘mental’ as opposed to the ‘natural’. Later, with …
This dissertation examines the possible interchangeable connection between the medieval ontological relationship of essence/existence and the modern epistemological relationship of subject/object. Rather than investigating the many medieval and modern philosophers, this disserta…
In 1849, Kierkegaard praised Hamann's dedication to written and spoken language as derived from the Divine Logos. This thesis examines Hamann and Kierkegaard in order to understand both thinkers' impact upon verbal and written communication. Hamann's dedication to the idea of co…