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Plessner's philosophical anthropology : perspectives and prospects /

Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man, first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial intr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mul, Jos de, 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Philosophical Anthropology
  • 2. The Nascence of Modern Man
  • 3. "True" and "False" Evolutionism
  • 4. Life, Concept and Subject
  • 5. Bodily Experience and Experiencing One's Body
  • 6. Plessner and the Mathematical-Physical Perspective
  • 7. The Body Exploited
  • 8. Plessner's Theory of Eccentricity
  • 9. The Duty of Personal Identity
  • 10. Anthropology as a Foundation of Cultural Philosophy
  • 11. Bi-Directional Boundaries
  • 12. The Unbearable Freedom of Dwelling
  • 13. Eccentric Positionality and Urban Space
  • 14. Strangely Familiar
  • 15. De-Masking as a Characteristic of Social Work?
  • 16. Helmuth Plessner as a Social Theorist
  • 17. Habermas's New Turn towards Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
  • 18. The Quest for the Sources of the Self, Seen from the Vantage Point of Plessner's Material a Priori
  • 19. The Brain in the Vat as the Epistemic Object of Neurobiology
  • 20. Switching "On," Switching "Off"
  • 21. On Humor and "Laughing" Rats
  • 22. A Moral Bubble
  • 23. Eccentric Positionality as a Precondition for the Criminal Liability Of Artificial Life Forms
  • 24. Not Terminated
  • 25. Plessner and Technology
  • 26. Philosophical Anthropology 2.0
  • About the Authors
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.