Knowledge, Being and the Human : Some of the Major Issues in Philosophy.
Title:
Knowledge, Being and the Human : Some of the Major Issues in Philosophy.
ISBN:
9783653037074
Physical Description:
1 online resource (199 pages)
Series:
Polish Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Humanities ; v.5
Polish Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Humanities
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: KNOWLEDGE. A REVIEW OF THE ISSUE OF SCEPTICISM -- 1. The importance of the questions of scepticism and dogmatism in the history of philosophy -- 2. The right and wrong way to look at the problem of scepticism -- the difference between ignoring and solving the problem -- 3. Paradoxes of the concept of knowledge and related concepts such as "truth" and "philosophy" -- 4. The psychological subjectivity of cognition -- 5. "Thirst for knowledge" and wisdom -- 6. Eliminating the concept of knowledge -- 7. Cognition as posing questions and giving answers -- 8. The "realism - idealism" debate and the supposed defeat of scepticism by the transcendental method -- 9. The question of the cogito (subjectivity) and scepticism -- 10. Optimistic scepticism -- Part II: BEING. THE IMPOSSIBILITY AND POSSIBILITY OF METAPHYSICS -- 1. The futility of transcendentalism -- 2. Obstacles in the pursuit of metaphysics -- 3. Paradoxes of a realistic theory of substance -- 4. Metaphysics free from redundancy -- 5. Beyond materialism and idealism -- 6. Experiencing and thinking: the Idea -- 7. The concept as resonance of experience -- 8. The psychology of abstraction and metaphysics -- 9. Between life and the Idea -- Part III: THE HUMAN BEING. TOWARDS A MORAL METAPHYSICS -- 1. A lesson from Kant and Schopenhauer -- 2. The defeat of moral discourse -- 3. What do human beings desire? -- 4. The will of good -- Index.
Abstract:
This book, in the form of a classical philosophical treatise, presents a large-scale theoretical project: It uses a metaphilosophical perspective to present the framework for postmetaphysical thinking, situating it in the domain of the metaphysics of morality. It offers an innovative defence of scepticism based on a critical and radical analysis of the concepts of knowledge and truth. Metaphysical and transcendental traditions are deconstructed, mainly in relation to the paradoxes of so-called realism and idealism, which are the consequence of dependence on an archaic substance theory. Moreover, the book proposes a certain form of philosophising in spite of everything, i.e. within a sceptical approach. The critique of ethics leads to an a-ethical concept of the will and the values of life.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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