Aspects of Subjectivity
Aspects of Subjectivity / Ansichten der Subjektivität
Modern thought as a whole has been characterised as a »philosophy of the subject«. The subject owes this distinction to the hope that it might serve as the ultimate principle of the justification of knowledge. But the problem of establishing the structure of the subject itself has been largely ignored.
This structure is the focus of the philosopher Manfred Frank’s latest book. His research on the problem of subjectivity has informed his work on the history of...
This structure is the focus of the philosopher Manfred Frank’s latest book. His research on the problem of subjectivity has informed his work on the history of...
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Modern thought as a whole has been characterised as a »philosophy of the subject«. The subject owes this distinction to the hope that it might serve as the ultimate principle of the justification of knowledge. But the problem of establishing the structure of the subject itself has been largely ignored.
This structure is the focus of the philosopher Manfred Frank’s latest book. His research on the problem of subjectivity has informed his work on the history of philosophy and the philosophy of mind since 1986.
The book charts a course through the history of modern theories of the subject with reference to Fichte, Brentano, Sartre, and Henrich.
2011, 420 pages
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Year of Publication: 2002
Manfred FrankYear of Publication: 2002
Sense of Self
Self-consciousness was such a strong theme in philosophical modernity that it could be taken to characterize the entire epoch. Alongside the expression Self-Consciousness, which first arose during the 18th century, another concept made the rounds and was actually more widespread back then: Sense of Self. But why should self-consciousness be a feeling, some pre-conceptual...
Year of Publication: 1989
Manfred FrankYear of Publication: 1989
Einführung in die frühromantische Ästhetik
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Year of Publication: 1988
Manfred FrankYear of Publication: 1988
The Boundaries of Agreement
In this monograph, Manfred Frank comments on a fictional debate – one about dissension and consensus. Though it did not actually occur between Jean François Lyotard and Jürgen Habermas, it is...
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English world rights (Davies Group), Chinese simplex rights (Huaxia), Japan Sangensha), Hungary (Joszöveg Mühely)
