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Historical Understanding in the Thought of Wilhelm Dilthey /
Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher who has influenced twentieth-century intellectual history is subjected to careful analysis in this book. What emerges is a reinterpretation of his theory of understanding (Verstehen) and historical knowledge.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1980.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 The Question of History; Some Doubts about Historical Knowledge; Dilthey's Initial Approach to Historical Knowledge; Dilthey as a Theorist of History; Meaning in History; 2 The Autonomy of the Geisteswissenschaften; Generalizing and Individualizing Sciences; Dilthey on the Two Kinds of Sciences; Individuality in the 'Geisteswissenschaften'; 3 Beyond Psychology; 'Geist' and the 'Geisteswissenschaften'; The Fundamental Shift in Dilthey's Thinking; The Question of Psychology; The Unity and Framework of Dilthey's Thought; Types of 'Geisteswissenschaften'
- 4 A Philosophy of LifeLife and the Mind; Dilthey's Rejection of Metaphysics; 5 Expression and Understanding; Lived Experience as the Soil of Culture; Understanding as the Basis for Community; 6 Hermeneutics and Historical Science; The Limits of Immediate Understanding; Dilthey's Interest in Hermeneutics; Understanding in the Historical Sciences; Historical Method and Objectivity; The Issue of 'Besserverstehen'; 7 Historicism and Relativism; Historicism and Historicality; Relativism and Relativity; Dilthey's Own Outlook on Life; 8 Provisional Individualism; Dilthey as Philosopher
- Historical KnowledgeUnresolved Metaphysical Issues; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX