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adnielsen's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this up as a primer to a university class I’m taking on Philosophy of Mind which is particularly influenced by phenomenology. At times, the author gets a little too heavy with seemingly gratuitous vocabulary but this is a nice intro that compares and contrasts Continental philosophy with Analytic philosophy. As I am new to Continental philosophy, this helped me get my bearings. I probably need to re-read again but I think I understood the key points. Pretty good.
aniazawislanx's review against another edition
3.0
this seemed to be more an intro to the divide of analytic vs continental philosophy but still many useful insights
ckehoe79's review against another edition
3.0
A bit difficult to read. Maybe I'm not cut out for philosophy....I would have to study it again. Haven't read much philosophy since college. But you can check it out for yourself.
evacbj's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know if you can call this book a very short INTRODUCTION. What he does very well is vowing the histroy of ideas neetly together. Like, AFTER you hopefully have gotten acquainted with the differnt philosophers he speaks of.
A good job of both sorting the different streams of thought, and of arguing the case for mutual understanding and integration. Not just an informing book, but a philosophical work in it self that sparks curiosity.
I read this book short after finishing "the birth of tragedy" by Nietzsche. A nice coincidence since Nietzsche also debates the problem of scientism and obscuritivism. He does this in his poetic style in the form of socrates the embodiment of scientism:
"There is a profund illusion which first entered the world in the person of Socrates - the unshakeable belief that retional thought, guided by causality, can penetrate to the depths of being, and that it is capable not only of knowing but even correcting being. This sublime metaphysical illusion is an instinctual accompaniment to science, and repeatedly takes it to its limits, where it must become art."
A good job of both sorting the different streams of thought, and of arguing the case for mutual understanding and integration. Not just an informing book, but a philosophical work in it self that sparks curiosity.
I read this book short after finishing "the birth of tragedy" by Nietzsche. A nice coincidence since Nietzsche also debates the problem of scientism and obscuritivism. He does this in his poetic style in the form of socrates the embodiment of scientism:
"There is a profund illusion which first entered the world in the person of Socrates - the unshakeable belief that retional thought, guided by causality, can penetrate to the depths of being, and that it is capable not only of knowing but even correcting being. This sublime metaphysical illusion is an instinctual accompaniment to science, and repeatedly takes it to its limits, where it must become art."
galateadoesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty good summary of Continental Philosophy that justifies why the term is worth using, tracing its history thankfully not (just) through proper names, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, but through ideas and the sociocultural context these ideas were made in.
Reads absolutely dry at parts, but not as painful as some other academic works I've read before (see my review on Water by Paul L. Younger on that).
Overall, a pretty damn enlightening book. Now, if only I could take some of that enlightenment for myself
Reads absolutely dry at parts, but not as painful as some other academic works I've read before (see my review on Water by Paul L. Younger on that).
Overall, a pretty damn enlightening book. Now, if only I could take some of that enlightenment for myself