Author

Publication

2007-03-28 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

73,500 words, Guess

Page Count

294 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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  • Library of Congress Control Number2006020561
  • Goodreads470412
  • LibraryThing8412423

Classifications

  • LCCB2799.I42R63 2007

Description

"Tom Rockmore examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion - idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, he surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. He argues that Kant provides the all-important link between three main types of idealism: those associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and German idealism. The author also makes a case for the contemporary relevance of at least one strand in the tangled idealist web, a strand most clearly identified with Kant: constructivism. In terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism."--Jacket.

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