Antifoundationalism old and new
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Antifoundationalism old and new
Temple University Press, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The debate over foundationalism, the viewpoint that there exists some secure foundation upon which to build a system of knowledge, appears to have been resolved and the antifoundationalists have at least temporarily prevailed. From a firmly historical approach, the book traces the foundationalism/antifoundationalism controversy in the work of many important figuresAnimaxander, Aristotle and Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Hegel and Nietzsche, Habermas and Chisholm, and othersthroughout the history of philosophy. The contributors, Joseph Margolis, Ronald Polansky, Gary Calore, Fred and Emily Michael, William Wurzer, Charlene Haddock Siegfried, Sandra B. Rosenthal, Kathleen Wallace, and the editors present well the diversity, interest, and roots of antifoundationalism. Author note:
Tom Rockmore is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Philosophy at Duquesne University.
Beth J. Singer is Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction - Tom Rockmore 1. The Limits of Metaphysics and the Limits of Certainty - Joseph Margolis 2. Foundationalism in Plato? - Ronald Polansky 3. Foundationalism and Temporal Paradox: The Case of Augustine's Confessions - Gary Calore 4. Hierarchy and Early Empiricism - Fred S. Michael and Emily Michael 5. Hegel, German Idealism, and Antifoundationalism - Tom Rockmore 6. Nietzsche and the Problem of Ground - Wilhelm S. Wurzer 7. Like Bridges without Piers: Beyond the Foundationalist Metaphor - Charlene Haddock Seigfried 8. Pragmatism and the Reconstruction of Metaphysics: Toward a New Understanding of Foundations - Sandra B. Rosenthal 9. Metaphysics without Mirrors - Beth J. Singer 10. Metaphysics and Validation - Kathleen Wallace About the Contributors Index of Names Index of Titles
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