Interpreting modern philosophy /

James Collins probes the meaning and methods of historical interpretation in philosophy by analyzing the creative reciprocity between the modern source thinkers-the great classical philosophers from Descartes and Locke to Mill and Nietzsche-and their midtwentieth century interpreters.Originally publ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, James, 1917-1985 (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1975.
Edition:First Princeton paperback edition.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946680
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • CONTENTS
  • I. The Historical Turn in Contemporary Philosophy
  • II. The Insistency of Modern Sources
  • III. The Art of Historical Questioning
  • IV. The Interpreting Present
  • V. Kant Our Contemporary
  • VI. Teleology of Historical Understanding
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX