1st Edition

Philosophy And Its Epistemic Neuroses

By Michael Hymers Copyright 2000
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book argues that analytical philosophy and radical theory alike stand in an ambivalent relationship with skepticism. It explains structuralism, feminist theory and critical theory to outline a therapeutic alternative to philosophical theoreticism.

    Introduction: Philosophy and Neurosis -- The "External" World -- Internal Relations -- Truth and Reference -- Renouncing All Theory -- Conceptual Schemes -- The Ethical-Political Argument -- Realism and Self-knowledge -- Self-knowledge and Self-unity -- Conclusion: The Rhetoric of Neurosis

    Biography

    Michael Hymers