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32Foundations of Transcendental Philosophy (Wissenschaftslehre) nova methodo (1796/99) (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (1): 145-146. 1993.Fichte is one of the small handful of philosophers on the highest level. But he is still relatively unknown, even in Germany, for a variety of reasons. These include the difficulty of his thought and its expression, which impedes even native Germans; the relatively greater attention paid to Kant and Hegel, and perhaps even to Schelling; and the lack of a critical edition of his writings. In English-language philosophical circles, beyond these handicaps, knowledge of Fichte is further impeded by …Read more
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Père Marcel Régnier (1900-1998): Hommage au Père Marcel REGNIER (1900-1998)Archives de Philosophie 62 (3): 429-442. 1999.
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Whitehead et Hegel. Réalisme, idéalisme et philosophie spéculativeArchives de Philosophie 53 (2): 261. 1990.
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16Hegel et le constructivisme épistémologiqueRevue de Métaphysique et de Morale 53 (1): 103-113. 2007.Il sera question ici d’examiner le constructivisme hégélien, relativement au problème épistémologique. Le constructivisme, comme concept mathématique, est basé sur la construction de l’objet et remonte à l’antiquité grecque. Le constructivisme philosophique, par contre, est un concept moderne qui applique cette stratégie mathématique au problème de la connaissance. La forme hégélienne, omniprésente dans ses écrits, ne semble jamais avoir reçu l’attention qu’elle mérite. Elle se laisse pourtant e…Read more
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28Piketty, Marxian Political Economy, and the Law of the Falling Rate of ProfitMetaphilosophy 48 (1-2): 146-152. 2017.This article examines two views about the capitalism that lies at the heart of modern industrial society. We owe to Marx and Piketty two large-scale, hugely important, but very different studies of the nature of modern industrial capitalism. In Capital, Marx provides a complex analysis of the anatomy of modern industrial capitalism, which he regards not as stable but rather as over time unstable and tending toward internal collapse on several grounds, of which the most important is apparently th…Read more
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44Fichte in the New WorldThe Owl of Minerva 23 (1): 126-128. 1991.It is a fact that Hegel’s immense presence, and above all his own self-serving reading of the history of philosophy as leading up to his own position, has tended to detract attention from other views. Hegel’s position consciously builds upon its predecessors. If philosophy culminates in Hegel’s thought, then other theories are mainly valuable in that they survive as lower moments of the Hegelian synthesis. Hegel insists that he takes up what is positive in prior views. Hence, the mere fact that …Read more
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40Marxian epistemology and two kinds of pragmatismStudies in East European Thought 28 (2): 117-125. 1984.
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18New essays on Fichte's later Jena Wissenschaftslehre (edited book)Northwestern University Press. 2002.The philosophical thought of J. G. Fichte, particularly his later work, is at the very center of the paradigm shift under way in the field of German idealism. Crucial to this reassessment is Fichte's _Wissenschaftslehre nova methodo_ of 1796 to 1799, the manuscript at the heart of this essay colleciton and an articulation of the philosopher's _Wissenschaftslehre,_ or overall system of philosophy, which he discussed in lectures at the University of Jena. Coherent, comprehensive, and edited by two…Read more
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21Hegel and the hermeneutics of German idealismInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 3 (1). 1995.
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32On war, politics and capitalism after 9/11Theoria 53 (110): 74-96. 2006.9/11 represents less a tear in the fabric of history, or a break with the past, than an inflection in ongoing historical processes, such as the continued expansion of capitalism that at some recent time has supposedly attained a level of globalization. This paper considers the relation of war and politics with respect to three instances arising in the wake of 9/11, including the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, and finally the global war on terror (GWT). I argue that these wars are superfici…Read more
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14A Progress Report on Cognitive Foundationalism and Metaphysical RealismEpistemology and Philosophy of Science 39 (1): 53-59. 2014.Metaphysical realism, though not under that name, runs throughout the entire Western tradition at least since Parmenides. His basic ontological claim, that is, that what is is and cannot not be, hence cannot change, influentially creates a central philosophical task. Cognitive foundationalism, whose exemplar is Descartes, is a cognitive strategy intended to respond to metaphysical realism. Plato rejects any form of a representational approach to knowledge in rejecting the backward causal inferen…Read more
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Hegel y los límites del hegelianismo analíticoContrastes: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 8 123-137. 2003.
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Remarks on the structure of twentieth century philosophyArs Disputandi 3 332-339. 2003.In this paper, the author reviews recent developments in twentieth century philosophy. Three important movements emerged independently, movements which for different reasons rapidly came to dominate the debate: American pragmatism, so-called continental philosophy, and Anglo-American analytic philosophy. Each of these tendencies has its own undeniable charms. It would be mistaken to think that one has a decisive advantage over its philosophical competition. The author argues that these three mov…Read more
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41Marx After Marxism: The Philosophy of Karl MarxWiley-Blackwell. 2002._Marx After Marxism _encourages readers to understand Karl Marx in new ways, unencumbered by political Marxist interpretations that have long dominated the discussions of both Marxists and non-Marxists. This volume gives a broad and accessible account of Marx's philosophy and emphasizes his relationship to Hegel
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13The Question of God in Heidegger's Phenomenology (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (1): 155-156. 1993.In this book Kovacs interrogates Heidegger's thought in order to cast light on what the author calls the problem of God. The author, who simply assumes that Heidegger's theory can be described as phenomenology, provides a careful, informed study of this.
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3On Heidegger and National Socialism: A Triple Turn?Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal 14 (2-1): 423-439. 1991.
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35A New Look at Croce’s HistoricismIdealistic Studies 35 (1): 49-60. 2005.The aim of this informal paper is to direct (or redirect) attention to the importance of Croce’s historicism. Though he is sometimes described as the best known Italian intellectual since Galileo, and though his influence remains strong in Italy, his impact outside Italy is not as important as it should be. Other than through Collingwood, his only well known English-language disciple, Croce has had very little influence on those writing in English. His theories, including his historicism, on whi…Read more
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5Reinhard Lauth, "Die tranzendentale Naturlehre Fichtes nach den Prinzipien der Wissenschaftslehre" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 25 (3): 455. 1987.
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60Foundationalism and Hegelian LogicThe Owl of Minerva 21 (1): 41-50. 1989.It has sometimes erroneously been thought that theory of knowledge worthy of the name, or even epistemology as such comes to an end with Kant. This view is an error, since there are profound views of knowledge in the post-Kantian philosophical tradition, including that in Hegel’s thought. Now epistemology is a wide topic that includes a variety of themes. One of the main themes in the theory of knowledge in modern philosophy, especially in recent years, has been the issue of foundationalism. The…Read more
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Review of Mary Tiles: Bachelard: Science and Objectivity (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 37 (4): 529-531. 1986.
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47Heidegger and French Philosophy: Humanism, Antihumanism and BeingRoutledge. 1994.Martin Heidegger's impact on contemporary thought is important and controversial. However in France, the influence of this German philosopher is such that contemporary French thought cannot be properly understood without reference to Heidegger and his extraordinary influence. Tom Rockmore examines the reception of Heidegger's thought in France. He argues that in the period after the Second World War, due to the peculiar nature of the humanist French Philosophical tradition, Heidegger became the …Read more
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