Vanderbilt University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1973
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  •  5
    Some Problems in Recent Pragmatism
    History of Philosophy Quarterly 10 (3). 1993.
  •  15
    Bemerkungen zum Neo-Marxismus: Sartre und Habermas
    Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 36 (2). 1982.
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    Idéologie marxienne et herméneutique
    Laval Théologique et Philosophique 40 (2): 161-173. 1984.
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    Introduction
    Metaphilosophy 35 (3): 231-233. 2004.
  •  11
    Fichte Marx and the German Philosophical Tradtiion
    Southern Illinois University Press. 1980.
    A systematic and historical study of the rela­tion of the positions of Fichte and Marx within the context of nineteenth-century German philosophy as well as the wider his­tory of philosophy. Rockmore’s thesis is that there is a little noticed, less often studied, but nevertheless profound structural parallel between the two positions that can be shown to be mediated through the development of the nineteenth-century German philosophical tradition. Both positions understand man in anti-Car­tesian …Read more
  •  25
    Reviews (review)
    with William J. Gavin and Craig Nation
    Studies in East European Thought 38 (2): 275-277. 1989.
  •  6
    Reason, Truth, and Reality
    International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 24 (4): 449-451. 2010.
    This Article does not have an abstract
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    Bemerkungen Über Hegel, Erkenntnis Und Geist
    Hegel-Jahrbuch 3 (1): 70-77. 2001.
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    Marx’s Attempt to Leave Philosophy (review)
    International Studies in Philosophy 35 (4): 180-181. 2003.
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    Idealist Hermeneutics and the Hermeneutics of Idealism
    Idealistic Studies 12 (2): 91-102. 1982.
    The recent concern with hermeneutics, which stems above all from Truth and Method, should not be allowed to obscure the fact, to which Gadamer certainly is sensitive, that this topic has a long philosophical lineage, extending back into the tradition at least to Aristotle. In particular, it seems rarely to have been noticed that although their thought is notoriously difficult, the major members of the German idealist tradition provided not only the positions themselves, but a theory of their int…Read more
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    This volume of 23 previously unpublished essays explores the relationship between the philosophy of J.G. Fichte and that of other leading thinkers associated ...
  • Hegel’s Circular Epistemology
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 22 (1): 92-95. 1986.
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    Aspects of French Hegelianism
    The Owl of Minerva 24 (2): 191-206. 1993.
    It is hardly surprising, since for Hegel philosophers are children of their times, that French Hegelianism differs from Hegelianism in other languages and literatures. At least the following aspects typify the French approach to Hegel's theory. To begin with, Hegel, like a few others, is a master thinker in the French discussion, one of the few intellectual figures around whom the discussion tends to take shape. Second, in the wake of the major impetus provided to French Hegel studies by Kojève'…Read more
  •  49
    The Politics of Salvation (review)
    Idealistic Studies 16 (3): 279-280. 1986.
    This is not an ordinary study of Hegel’s thought; it is rather an unusual effort to apply that thought to contemporary issues, in particular to that complex problem known as liberation theology. Lakeland’s approach can be loosely characterized as both right wing Hegelian, in that stress is placed on Christian elements, and as progressive Catholic as concerns the interest in liberation theology. The thesis he advances is that Hegel’s political theology is appropriate to illuminate the connection …Read more
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    Fichtean Circularity, Antifoundationalism, and Groundless System
    Idealistic Studies 25 (1): 107-124. 1995.
    For some time now I have been arguing that Fichte's theory can be read as circular, antifoundationalist, and systematic, and further arguing that it is the source of an epistemological revolution in philosophy. Fichte and most of his interpreters mainly see him as carrying forward the critical philosophy. But I see him as breaking with it in crucial ways in a profoundly innovative theory. The aim of this paper is to pull together aspects of this argument in a single place in order to describe Fi…Read more
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    On recovering Marx after Marxism
    Philosophy and Social Criticism 26 (4): 95-106. 2000.
    If Marx is to survive as a source of unparalleled insight into the modern world, he needs to be recovered. This article will begin to address some of the difficulties which arise in recovering Marx, above all the need to free Marx from Marxism. Marx has always been studied through Marxism, hence in a way which profoundly distorts his philosophical ideas. If we remove this Marxist 'filter', we see a rather different, more philosophical, and more philosophically-interesting thinker, Hegel's most i…Read more
  • Hegel, analytic philosophy and realism
    Hegel-Studien 37 123-138. 2002.
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    Remarks on Fichte and Realism
    Fichte-Studien 36 21-32. 2012.
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    Hegel, Peirce, and Knowledge
    Journal of Speculative Philosophy 13 (3). 1999.
  • The Heidegger Case: On Philosophy and Politics
    Journal of Nietzsche Studies 4 167-170. 1992.
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    Epistemology As Hermeneutics
    The Monist 73 (2): 115-133. 1990.
    Recent discussion has seen an increase in the interest in hermeneutics. The increased interest in hermeneutics goes back at least until the appearance of Being and Time in 1927, more than sixty years ago. Thisbookis characterized by the unresolved tension between two clearly incompatible theses: the Husserlian form of absolute truth, and a post-Husserlian view of truth arising from the hermeneutical circle. More recently, the interest in hermeneutics has been strengthened by the appearance of Tr…Read more
  • On Fichte and Idealism
    Fichte-Studien 31 69-79. 2007.