System and History in Philosophy: On the Unity of Thought and Time, Text and Explanation, Solitude (Suny Series Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Peperzak, Adriaan Theodoor

ISBN 10: 0887062733 / ISBN 13: 9780887062735

Published by State University of New York Press, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: System and History in Philosophy: On the Unity of Thought and Time, Text and Explanation, Solitude (Suny Series Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887062733
• ISBN 13: 9780887062735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The book begins with the problem of the relationship between systematic philosophy and the history of philosophy. Why does philosophy attach so much importance to history? Consideration of this question is an essential part of metaphysics, and it has important consequences for the methodology of both history and philosophy.

An analysis of the problem that begins the book leads to many other fundamental questions concerning the nature of philosophy. In treating these issues the author discusses positions taken on them by Russell, Rorty, Heidegger, Gadamer, Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, and others of our century. He also draws inspiration from Plato, Plotinus, Augustine, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.

About the Author

Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak is Full Professor and Chair of Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Ethics in the Philosophy Department of the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.