Self-Consciousness and Objectivity - An Introduction to Absolute Idealism

Sebastian Rodl undermines a foundational dogma of contemporary philosophy: that knowledge, in order to be objective, must be knowledge of something that is as it is, independent of being known to be so. This profound work revives the thought that knowledge, precisely on account of being objective, is self-knowledge: knowledge knowing itself.

About the author

Sebastian Rödl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig.

Summary

Sebastian Rödl undermines a foundational dogma of contemporary philosophy: that knowledge, in order to be objective, must be knowledge of something that is as it is, independent of being known to be so. This profound work revives the thought that knowledge, precisely on account of being objective, is self-knowledge: knowledge knowing itself.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Rodl, Rödl, Sebastian Rödl
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2018
• EAN: 9780674976511
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97651-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > German idealism, 19th century; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge