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Published in English for the first time, this is the updated version of Dall’età cartesiana a Brucker, the second part of the monumental multi-volume Storia delle storie generali della filosofia. The translation of the first volume, edited by C.W.T. Blackwell and Ph. Weller and published by Kluwer in 1993, covered the development of philosophical historiography from its origins in the Renaissance to the birth of the general history of philosophy as a genre in its own right. The present volume guides the reader from the historiographical effects of the Cartesian rejection of ‘philosophical past’ up to the establishment of a ‘critical’ or ‘philosophical’ history of philosophy. In the space of one hundred years, from the mid-17th to the mid-18th century, a momentous theoretical and methodological shift occurred, marking the transition from an ‘erudite’ historiography to new ‘systematic’ styles embodied by authors like Bayle, Boureau-Deslandes, Brucker, Heumann. The numerous works on the history of philosophy published during this century vastly contributed to the culture of the Enlightenment, creating a representation of the past distinctive to this crucial period of European intellectual history.   The volume offers a detailed examination of 36 works, either general histories of philosophy, or texts—such as Bayle’s Dictionnaire—which have strongly influenced the development of the genre, and is valuable for intellectual history, philosophy and the history of philosophy, the history of literature and the history of religion. It can be used both for undergraduate courses (for specific reading assignments) and as background material for graduate courses. The bibliography provides important aids to many topics which were previously difficult to access.

Philsophy, Modern -- Historiography. --- Philsophy, Modern. --- Philsophy. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Modern --- Historiography. --- History. --- Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy. --- History of Philosophy. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy—History. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Early Modern Philosophy.

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Kant, in the Critique of Pure Reason, only dedicates a few pages to the principle of Anticipations of Perception and only a few critical studies are outspokenly dedicated to this issue in recent critical literature. But if one considers the history of post-Kantian philosophy, one can immediately perceive the great importance of the new definition of the relationship between reality and negation, which Kant’s principle proposes. Critical philosophy is here radically opposed to the pre-critical metaphysical tradition: "Reality" no longer appears as absolutely positive being, which excludes all negativity from itself, and "negation" is not reduced to being a simple removal, the mere absence of being. Instead, reality and negation behave as an equally positive something in respect to one another such that negation is itself a reality that is actively opposed to another reality. Such a definition of the relation between reality and negation became indispensible for post-Kantian Philosophy and represents a central aspect of Kantian-inspired philosophy in respect to Leibnizian metaphysics. The present work therefore departs from the hypothesis that the essential philosophical importance of the Anticipations of Perception can only be fully measured by exploring its impact in the Post-Kantian debate.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. --- Transcendentalism. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Reality. --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy. --- History of Philosophy. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Truth --- Nominalism --- Pluralism --- Pragmatism --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Modern philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy—History. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Early Modern Philosophy.

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This work examines the philosophical positions of the canonical thinkers of the Western tradition from Descartes to Wittgenstein. It argues that philosophical discourse becomes confused whenever it has no explicit semantic basis.

Philosophy -- History. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy, Modern --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Modern philosophy

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It has become a commonplace that ""images"" were central to the twentieth century and that their role will be even more powerful in the twenty-first. But what is an image and what can an image be? Releasing the Image understands images as something beyond mere representations of things. Releasing images from that function, it shows them to be self-referential and self-generative, and in this way capable of producing forms of engagement beyond spectatorship and subjectivity. This understanding of images owes much to phenomenology-the work of Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty-and

Image (Philosophy) --- Phenomenology. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Modern philosophy --- Philosophy, Modern --- Philosophy --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of science --- Phenomenology

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This book is a survey of the work of twentieth-century Continental philosophy and its potential impact on philosophy of religion as it is has been practiced predominantly in English-speaking countries. Major French thinkers such as Ricoeur, Levinas, Derrida, Foucault and Marion are included, as well as Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva. The influence of the Frankfurt school of critical theory, exemplified today by Jürgen Habermas, is also acknowledged. In the English-speaking domain, philosophy of religion has been principally identified with analytic philosophy, where the universal presumptions of an abstract reason, especially with reference to matters of belief and its justification, have dominated. In this tradition, truth pertains to an objective frame of reference, which is based both on logical arguments and modes of verification. In contrast, Continental philosophy does not demarcate a specific area or subject matter that is designated as belonging to philosophy of religion. The boundaries between disciplines and their ideas are much more fluid. As a result, questions regarding religion can be located with reference to specific themes within a worldview that allows for a wide range of influences. In Continental philosophy also there is a greater appreciation of historical and cultural influences on the formation of philosophy's structures and procedures. At the same time, there is a move to greater self-reflexivity and a growing awareness of the need to formulate a distinct ethics of intersubjectivity that seeks justice. The terms of reference have indubitably been changed.   Fascinating developments are today occurring as contemporary Continental philosophers explore new possibilities for formulating and responding to traditional philosophical problems in relation to religion from this more expansive perspective.

Christianity -- Philosophy. --- Continental philosophy. --- Continental philosophy --- Christianity --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Religion - General --- Religion, Primitive --- Philosophy, Continental --- Philosophy. --- Religion. --- Modern philosophy. --- Ontology. --- Phenomenology. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Religious Studies, general. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Philosophy, Modern --- Phenomenology . --- Philosophy, modern. --- Being --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Modern philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Religion—Philosophy.