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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 ...
Sommario
Introduction: The Strong Reasons for Weak Thought, by Franca D'Agostini
Weakness
French Nihilism and Italian Nihilism
Nihilism and Difference
Difference and Dialectic
Nihilism, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernity
Verwindung
Argumentation and Provenance
This Book
Postscript (2009)
1. Philosophy and Science
After Kant, After Hegel
The Flash of the Ereignis
The Story of a Comma
Science and "Being–not beings"
The Edification of Humanity
Cumulative Knowledges
2. Philosophy, History, Literature
Truth, Rhetoric, History
Are History and Ontology Compatible?
Mythization of the World
Fugues
Sciences of Nature and Sciences of the Spirit?
3. Logic in Philosophy
Logic and the Logics
Logic and the History of Being
Philosophy of Logic and Logic of Philosophy
Logic and Ontology
4. To Speak the Truth
Redemisti nos Domine Deus veritatis
The Endless Banquet
Do Vampires Exist?
5. The Vocation to Philosophy and the Responsibility of Philosophy
Writing for the Newspapers
Writing in the First Person
The Dive Into Politics
Politics Philosopher-style
Losing your Soul
Filling in the Blanks
The Construction of Universality is Political
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Info autore
Gianni Vattimo. Edited by Franca D'Agostini. Translated by William McCuaig
