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I cannot find 20th-Century Philosophy: The Speculative Tradition, by Peter Koestenbaum. Where should I look for it?
The paperback series Readings in the History of Philosophy is an 8 volume series about Western philosophy, from the Presocratics to the twentieth century. The Volumes and their Editors are:
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What is the "orthodox" post-modernism?
Can anybody please explain what "orthodox" postmodernism is? Does it mean the most prevalent definition of post-modernism, i.e. what most people understand to be post-modernism?
I encountered it in ...
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What is postanalytic philosophy?
I came across a reference to the postanalytic philosophy today, and I'm wondering what exactly that is. Is it related (if not it itself) to postmodern philosophy? What are the main ideas behind it? ...
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What was post modernism before Lyotard?
What was post modernism before Lyotard?
I'm leaning heavily toward the idea that modernism, in the literary arts, was kaput by world war 2. I believe that's Miller's thesis here (about to read):
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Are there any books about postmodernism being like sophism?
I still find myself relatively often surprised by how much of the spectrum of philosophic thought was already covered at the times of ancient Greece or ancient China (think Axial Age or think ...
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Is postmodernism pro or against abrahamic religion? [closed]
Sorry for the long text, but I need to explain my thoughts well.
When it is said that postmodernism gives equal space to all forms of thought, many people think it means they are giving space to non-...
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What is postmodernism? [closed]
Postmodernism has always seemed to have a very fuzzy definition to me. It tends to be defined in terms of what it's not, or what it criticizes; for example, it "aims to show that every 'text' is ...
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