A Companion to Continental Philosophy

Last updated
A Companion to Continental Philosophy
A Companion to Continental Philosophy.jpg
Author Simon Critchley and William R. Schroeder
Cover artist Giorgio de Chirico, Il grande metafisico - 1917
Subject Continental philosophy
Published1998
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Pages700 pp.
ISBN 9780631218500

A Companion to Continental Philosophy is a 1998 book edited by Simon Critchley and William R. Schroeder with 58 essays on Continental philosophy. [1] [2] [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emmanuel Levinas</span> Lithuanian-French philosopher

Emmanuel Levinas was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Continental philosophy</span> Philosophical traditions from mainland Europe

Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Prior to the twentieth century, the term "continental" was used broadly to refer to philosophy from continental Europe. A different use of the term originated among English-speaking philosophers in the second half of the 20th century, who used it to refer to a range of thinkers and traditions outside the analytic movement. Continental philosophy includes German idealism, phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, French feminism, psychoanalytic theory, and the critical theory of the Frankfurt School as well as branches of Freudian, Hegelian and Western Marxist views.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Lane Craig</span> American philosopher and theologian (born 1949)

William Lane Craig is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University and a Research Professor of Philosophy at Biola University's Talbot School of Theology. Craig has updated and defended the Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God. He has also published work where he argues in favor of the historical plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus. His study of divine aseity and Platonism culminated with his book God Over All.

<i>The Two Cultures</i> Lecture and book by C. P. Snow

"The Two Cultures" is the first part of an influential 1959 Rede Lecture by British scientist and novelist C. P. Snow which were published in book form as The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution the same year. Its thesis was that science and the humanities which represented "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" had become split into "two cultures" and that this division was a major handicap to both in solving the world's problems.

<i>Being and Time</i> 1927 book by Martin Heidegger

Being and Time is the 1927 magnum opus of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and a key document of existentialism. Being and Time had a notable impact on subsequent philosophy, literary theory and many other fields. Though controversial, its stature in intellectual history has been compared with works by Kant and Hegel. The book attempts to revive ontology through an analysis of Dasein, or "being-in-the-world." It is also noted for an array of neologisms and complex language, as well as an extended treatment of "authenticity" as a means to grasp and confront the unique and finite possibilities of the individual.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Contemporary philosophy</span> Current period in the history of Western philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

David Berlinski is an American author who has written books about mathematics and the history of science as well as fiction. An opponent of evolution, he is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, an organization which promotes the pseudoscience of intelligent design.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Critchley</span> British philosopher

Simon Critchley is an English philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA.

Robert L. Bernasconi is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He is known as a reader of Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas, and for his work on the concept of race. He has also written on the history of philosophy.

Political theology is a term which has been used in discussion of the ways in which theological concepts or ways of thinking relate to politics. The term political theology is often used to denote religious thought about political principled questions. Scholars such as Carl Schmitt, a prominent Nazi jurist and political theorist, who wrote extensively on how to effectively wield political power, used it to denote religious concepts that were secularized and thus became key political concepts. It has often been affiliated with Christianity, but since the 21st century, it has more recently been discussed with relation to other religions.

Michael Friedman is an American philosopher who serves as Professor of Philosophy and the Frederick P. Rehmus Family Professor of Humanities at Stanford University. Friedman is best known for his work in the philosophy of science, especially on scientific explanation and the philosophy of physics, and for his historical work on Immanuel Kant. Friedman has also done historical work on figures in continental philosophy such as Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer. Friedman also serves as the co-director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford University.

Peter Eli Gordon is a historian of philosophy, a critical theorist, and intellectual historian. The Amabel B. James Professor of History at Harvard University, Gordon focuses on continental philosophy and modern German and French thought, with particular emphasis on the German philosophers Theodor Adorno and Martin Heidegger, critical theory, continental philosophy during the interwar crisis, and most recently, secularization and social thought in the 20th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Huemer</span> American philosopher

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, veganism, the repugnant conclusion, and philosophical anarchism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cassirer–Heidegger debate</span> 1929 event

The Cassirer–Heidegger debate was an encounter between the philosophers Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer from March 17 to April 6, 1929 during the Second Davos Hochschulkurs which held its opening session in the Hotel Belvédère in Davos on 17 March 1929. Cassirer gave four lectures and Heidegger gave three lectures. The debate was about the significance of Kantian notions of freedom and rationality.

William Ralph Schroeder is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is known for his expertise on continental philosophy and ethics. He has authored several books about philosophy.

<i>Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach</i> 2005 book by William R. Schroeder

Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a 2005 book by William R. Schroeder in which the author provides an "introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries".

Mark Schroeder is an American philosopher whose scholarship focuses on metaethics, particularly expressivism and other forms of noncognitivism. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California.

Carbide bromides are mixed anion compounds containing bromide and carbide anions. Many carbide bromides are cluster compounds, containing on, two or more carbon atoms in a core, surrounded by a layer of metal atoms, encased in a shell of bromide ions. These ions may be shared between clusters to form chains, double chains or layers.

References

  1. The Editors (3 March 1997). "Simon Critchley & William Schroeder, A Companion to Continental Philosophy". Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy . 9 (1): 76. doi: 10.5195/jffp.1997.387 . ISSN   2155-1162.
  2. Groth, Miles (April 1999). "A Companion to Continental Philosophy by Simon Critchley and William R. Schroeder (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, 1998, pp. xv + 680, £65 or US$84.95". Philosophy. 74 (2): 282–295. doi:10.1017/s003181919922030x. ISSN   1469-817X. S2CID   170967718.
  3. Goodier, John (May 1998). "Review: A Companion to Continental Philosophy". Reference Reviews. 12 (5): 6–7. doi:10.1108/rr.1998.12.5.6.241. ISBN   0-631-19013-9. ISSN   0950-4125.