The idea of continental philosophy
a philosophical chronicle
- ISBN: 9780748624713
- Editorial: Edinburgh University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2006
- Lugar de la edición: Edinburgh. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 144
- Idiomas: Inglés
The idea of Continental Philosophy has never been properly explained in philosophical terms. In this short and engaging book Simon Glendinning attempts finally to succeed where others have failed # although not by giving an account of its internal unity but by showing instead why no such account can be given. Providing a clear picture of the current state of the contemporary philosophical culture Glendinning traces the origins and development of the idea of a distinctive Continental tradition, critiquing current attempts to survey the field of contemporary philosophy