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Informationen zum Autor Gianni Vattimo is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with Columbia University Press include Christianity! Truth! and Weakening Faith: A Dialogue; Not Being God: A Collaborative Autobiography; Art's Claim to Truth; After the Death of God; Dialogue with Nietzsche; The Future of Religion (with Richard Rorty); Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics! Politics! and the Law; and After Christianity. Franca D'Agostini is professor of philosophy at the University of Turin. She is the author of! most recently! The Last Fumes: Nihilism and the Nature of Philosophical Concepts. Klappentext As he outlines his ideas about the philosopher's role! Vattimo builds an important companion to his life's work. He confronts questions of science! religion! logic! literature! and truth! and passionately defends the power of hermeneutics to engage with life's conundrums. Vattimo conjures a clear vision of philosophy as something separate from the sciences and the humanities but also intimately connected to their processes! and he explicates a conception of truth that emphasizes fidelity and participation through dialogue. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Strong Reasons for Weak Thought! by Franca D'AgostiniWeaknessFrench Nihilism and Italian NihilismNihilism and DifferenceDifference and DialecticNihilism! Hermeneutics! and PostmodernityVerwindungArgumentation and ProvenanceThis BookPostscript (2009)1. Philosophy and ScienceAfter Kant! After HegelThe Flash of the EreignisThe Story of a CommaScience and "Being-not beings"The Edification of HumanityCumulative Knowledges2. Philosophy! History! LiteratureTruth! Rhetoric! HistoryAre History and Ontology Compatible?Mythization of the WorldFuguesSciences of Nature and Sciences of the Spirit?3. Logic in PhilosophyLogic and the LogicsLogic and the History of BeingPhilosophy of Logic and Logic of PhilosophyLogic and Ontology4. To Speak the TruthRedemisti nos Domine Deus veritatisThe Endless BanquetDo Vampires Exist?5. The Vocation to Philosophy and the Responsibility of PhilosophyWriting for the NewspapersWriting in the First PersonThe Dive Into PoliticsPolitics Philosopher-styleLosing your SoulFilling in the BlanksThe Construction of Universality is PoliticalNotesBibliographyIndex ...
