A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

"Investigate the challenging and nuanced philosophy of the long nineteenth century from Kant to Bergson Philosophy in the nineteenth century was characterized by new ways of thinking, a desperate searching for new truths. As science, art, and religion were transformed by social pressures and changing worldviews, old certainties fell away, leaving many with a terrifying sense of loss and a realization that our view of things needed to be profoundly rethought. The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy covers the developments, setbacks, upsets, and evolutions in the varied philosophy of the nineteenth century, beginning with an examination of Kant's Transcendental Idealism, instrumental in the fundamental philosophical shifts that marked the beginning of this new and radical age in the history of philosophy. Guiding readers chronologically and thematically through the progression of nineteenth-century thinking, this guide emphasizes clear explanation and analysis of the core ideas of nineteenth-century philosophy in an historically transitional period. It covers the most important philosophers of the era, including Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Bradley, and philosophers whose work manifests the transition from the nineteenth century into the modern era, such as Sidgwick, Peirce, Husserl, Frege and Bergson. The study of nineteenth-century philosophy offers us insight into the origin and creation of the modern era. In this volume, readers will have access to a thorough and clear understanding of philosophy that shaped our world."--EBSCO

Investigate the challenging and nuanced philosophy of the long nineteenth century from Kant to Bergson

Philosophy in the nineteenth century was characterized by new ways of thinking, a desperate searching for new truths. As science, art, and religion were transformed by social pressures and changing worldviews, old certainties fell away, leaving many with a terrifying sense of loss and a realization that our view of things needed to be profoundly rethought.

The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy covers the developments, setbacks, upsets, and evolutions in the varied philosophy of the nineteenth century, beginning with an examination of Kant's Transcendental Idealism, instrumental in the fundamental philosophical shifts that marked the beginning of this new and radical age in the history of philosophy. Guiding readers chronologically and thematically through the progression of nineteenth-century thinking, this guide emphasizes clear explanation and analysis of the core ideas of nineteenth-century philosophy in an historically transitional period. It covers the most important philosophers of the era, including Hegel, Fichte, Schopenhauer, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Bradley, and philosophers whose work manifests the transition from the nineteenth century into the modern era, such as Sidgwick, Peirce, Husserl, Frege and Bergson.

The study of nineteenth-century philosophy offers us insight into the origin and creation of the modern era. In this volume, readers will have access to a thorough and clear understanding of philosophy that shaped our world.

Introduction / John Shand -- Transcendental Idealism : Kant / John J. Callanan -- Theory Of Science : Fichte, Schelling / Gabriel Gottlieb -- Absolute Idealism : Hegel / Sebastian Stein -- The World As Will And Representation : Schopenhauer / Mary S. Troxell -- Historicizing Naturalism : Mill, Comte / Christopher Macleod -- The Single Individual Is Higher Than The Universal : Kierkegaard / Karl Aho, C. Stephen Evans -- The Rise Of Liberal Utilitarianism : Bentham, Mill / Piers Norris Turner -- Critique Of Religion : Strauss, Feuerbach, Marx / Todd Gooch -- Historical Materialism : Marx / Jan Kandiyali -- Philosophy And Historical Meaning : Schleiermacher, Dilthey / Benjamin D. Crowe -- Late Utilitarian Moral Theory And Its Development : Sidgwick, Moore / Anthony Skelton -- American Pragmatism : Peirce, James / Douglas Mcdermid -- The Value Of Our Values : Nietzsche / Andrew Huddleston -- British Idealism : Green, Bradley, Mctaggart / James Connelly, Giuseppina D'oro -- Neo-kantianism : Marburg, Southwest Schools / Evan Clarke -- The Origins Of Phenomenology In Austro-german Philosophy : Brentano, Husserl / Guillaume Fréchette -- New Logic And The Seeds Of Analytic Philosophy : Boole, Frege / Kevin C. Klement -- Time, Memory And Creativity : Bergson / Michael R. Kelly. Edited By John Shand. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.