A Short History W Philosoph

History

Hirschberger, Johannes

Europe

Routledge

<p>A study of the historical development of philosophy both requires and stimulates intellectual detachment. The person who limits himself to the present can easily fall a prey to passing fashions; he becomes a slave of the latest -ism. Intellectually rootless and inexperienced, he succombs to something that may exercise considerable attraction at this particular moment, but that soon withers and passes. For example, Ernst Haeckel's theories once exercised an enormous fascination on all sorts of people; they were even hailed as the definitive word in philosophy. Nowadays they are more likely to cause amusement than anything else. The same may be said of Nietzsche's philosophy, or materialism, or vitalism, or idealism.</p>

First published in English in 1976, Hirschberger's A Short History of Western Philosophy is a condensed history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics through to the 1960s. This new edition follows the division of the original text into four parts: Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Modern Philosophy (17th and 18th century), and 19th and 20th century Philosophy. The new version contains a new preface and introduction, and a new fifth part on Analytical Philosophy in the 19th and 20th century period by the editor Clare Hay. Hirschberger writes from a moral/theological perspective and dismisses Analytical Philosophy as failing to cast light on the human condition. Clare Hay helps the reader to further analyse Hirschberger's writings and highlights the importance of Analytical Philosophy as the starting point for the development of computing and artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligencehas opened new lines of thought and raised new moral questions still to be discussed in this so-called non-ideological age.

A Short History of Western Philosophy

Lutterworth Press

Kleine Philosophiegeschichte.

Herder, Freiburg

<p>l ser un manual breve ofrece la ventaja del bosquejo rapido, en el que los rasgos esenciales y el sentido del conjunto quedan vigorosamente destacados al prescindir de la multiplicidad de pormenores. No es propiamente una obra de consulta (a esto se presta la Historia de la filosofia, en dos tomos, del mismo autor), sino que sirve de iniciacion en la materia.La mision del historiador no se agota en la simple exposicion de las ideas filosoficas, sino que ademas debe invitar, desde su especial enfoque, a revivir el hecho historico y a repensar los problemas y las doctrinas, contribuyendo a la formacion filosofica general del lector. La finalidad que persigue el autor es sobre todo iniciar en el espiritu de la filosofia, ofreciendo una clara vision del proceso historico que ha conducido al planteamiento de los problemas filosoficos y ha provocado la meditacion sobre ellos.</p>

Breve historia de la filosofía

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Herder Editorial

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Gabás, Raúl

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