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60Subjectivity and the Ontology of HistoryThe Monist 74 (2): 187-205. 1991.Since history concerns change over time, an ontology of history requires a notion of subjectivity. In the modern tradition, beginning with Kant, ontology has come to be understood as epistemology. But as a result of the failure of foundationalism and the turn to a relativistic theory of knowledge, it is necessary to rethink the idea of history in terms of a conception of the historical subject.
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29Heidegger's uses of Plato and the history of philosophyIn Catalin Partenie & Tom Rockmore (eds.), Heidegger and Plato: Toward Dialogue, Northwestern University Press. pp. 192--212. 2005.
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22Marxian epistemology and two kinds of pragmatismStudies in Soviet Thought 28 (2): 117-125. 1984.
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67Fichtean Circularity, Antifoundationalism, and Groundless SystemIdealistic 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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Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Vol II Metaphysics (edited book)Philosophy Document Center. 1999.
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8Ambiguity and orthodoxy: Bertram Wolfe's view of Marx and MarxismStudies in Soviet Thought 20 (4): 349-360. 1979.
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51Recent philosophical perspectives on lukács in the westStudies in East European Thought 31 (1): 39-46. 1986.
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62Epistemology As HermeneuticsThe 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
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Leszek Kolakowski, "Die Hauptsstromungen des Marxismus: Entstehung, Entwicklung, Zerfall" (review)Man and World 12 (1): 89. 1979.
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2On War, Politics and Capitalism After 9/11Theoria 53 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. I argue that these wars are superficially d…Read more
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20Gadamer, Rorty and Epistemology as HermeneuticsLaval Théologique et Philosophique 53 (1): 119-130. 1997.
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R Lauth's Hegel Vor Der Wissenschaftslehre (review)Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 16 45-47. 1987.
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46Hegel, Idealism, and Analytic PhilosophyYale University Press. 2004.In this book—the first large-scale survey of the complex relationship between Hegel’s idealism and Anglo-American analytic philosophy—Tom Rockmore argues that analytic philosophy has consistently misread and misappropriated Hegel. According to Rockmore, the first generation of British analytic philosophers to engage Hegel possessed a limited understanding of his philosophy and of idealism. Succeeding generations continued to misinterpret him, and recent analytic thinkers have turned Hegel into a…Read more
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22Lukács on Classical German Philosophy and MarxIdealistic Studies 10 (3): 209-231. 1980.The importance of Lukács’ interpretation of classical German philosophy and Marx is almost self-evident. Although Marxists are frequently content to dismiss with contempt a philosophical tradition with which they display scant acquaintance, Lukács’ knowledge of philosophy is obviously extensive. His writings contain what is perhaps the most detailed discussion of the history of philosophy from a Marxist perspective. Further, his influence on the interpretation of Marx has been unequaled over the…Read more
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41Knowledge as HistoricalThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 5 123-132. 2000.With few exceptions, philosophers typically have contended that knowledge worthy of the name is beyond time and place. This venerable idea was turned on its head in the emergence of a rival view of knowledge as historical in the wake of the French Revolution. A claim that knowledge is not ahistorical but historical resolves some of these difficulties while creating others. This paper will briefly consider several of these difficulties, including how to argue for this position, the differences be…Read more
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4On Hegel's epistemology and contemporary philosophyHumanities Press. 1996.Aimed at specialists, as well as graduate students and select undergraduates, this study centers on Hegel's important, but neglected, theory of knowledge. Professor Rockmore interprets Hegel as reacting to the Kantian effort to reformulate epistemology in the wake of what Kant contends is the failure of earlier, dogmatic theories. Recent work has shown that Hegel's epistemology is a good deal more respectable than has usually been thought. Rockmore's aim is to continue that work in order to brin…Read more
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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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