sceptical+idealist
11Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …
12Biology (Philosophy of) in the nineteenth century — Philosophy of biology in the nineteenth century Jagdish Hattiangadi THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY The emergence of biology as a unified subject Students of history and of biology share a common delight: as they study the details of any subject, they… …
13Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by… …
14Postmodernist theory — Lyotard, Baudrillard and others Thomas Docherty INTRODUCTION Philosophy has been touched by postmodernism. Philosophy, in the modern academy, is supposed to be the discipline of disciplines: it is philosophy which will be able to gather together …
15Proclus — Lycaeus (February 8, c. 411 ndash; April 17, 485), called The Successor or Diadochos (Greek polytonic|Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος Próklos ho Diádokhos ), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers (see Damascius).… …
16Michael Oakeshott — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Full name Michael Joseph Oakeshott Born December 11, 1901(1901 12 11) Chelsfield, London, England Died December 19, 1990 …
17Italian Literature — • The modern language of Italy is naturally derived from Latin, a continuation and development of the Latin actually spoken among the inhabitants of the peninsula after the downfall of the Roman Empire Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
18Berkeley, George — (1685–1753) Irish idealist . Born at Kilkenny in Ireland, Berkeley entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1700. In 1707 he became a Fellow of the College and two years later published An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision (his Philosophical… …
19deconstruction — A sceptical approach to the possibility of coherent meaning initiated by the French philosopher Derrida . There is no privileged point, such as an author s intention or a contact with external reality, that confers significance on a text. There… …
20Feuerbach, Ludwig Andreas — (1804–1872) German philosopher and anthropologist. Born in Landshut, Bavaria, Feuerbach studied theology and philosophy at Heidelberg and Berlin. He enjoyed only a sporadic teaching career, and lived mainly on income derived from his wife s… …
