1st Edition

Philosophy And Its Epistemic Neuroses

By Michael Hymers Copyright 2000
240 Pages
by Routledge

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