The hypocritical imagination : between Kant and Levinas /
For philosophers such as Kant, the imagination is the starting point for all thought. For others, such as Wittgenstein, what is important is only how the word 'imagination' is used. In spite of the attention the imagination has received from major philosophers, remarkably little has been w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Series: | Warwick studies in European philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Available via EBSCO eBook Collection |
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| Summary: | For philosophers such as Kant, the imagination is the starting point for all thought. For others, such as Wittgenstein, what is important is only how the word 'imagination' is used. In spite of the attention the imagination has received from major philosophers, remarkably little has been written about the radically different interpretations they have made of it. The HypoCritical Imagination: Between Kant and Levinas is an outstanding contribution to this vaccuum. Focusing on Kant and Levinas, John Llewelyn takes us on a dazzling tour of the philosophical imagination. He shows us th. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203187777 0203187776 9780415213615 0415213614 9780415213622 0415213622 |