Analytic Philosophy and the Return of Hegelian Thought

by Paul Redding

Book Overview

This 2007 book examines the possibilities for the rehabilitation of Hegelian thought within analytic philosophy. From its inception, the analytic tradition has in general accepted Bertrand Russell's hostile dismissal of the idealists, based on the claim that their metaphysical views were irretrievably corrupted by the faulty logic that informed them. These assumptions are challenged by the work of such analytic philosophers as John McDowell and Robert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521872723
• ISBN13: 9780521872720
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"