| Description |
1 online resource (x, 258 pages .) |
| Series |
Online access with purchase: Springer
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| Contents |
Introduction / Phillip Honenberger -- 1. In pursuit of something 'essential' about man : Heidegger and philosophical anthropology / Beth Cykowski -- 2. Gehlen, Nietzsche, and the project of a philosophical anthropology / Richard Schacht -- 3. Hans Blumenberg : philosophical anthropology and the ethics of consolation / Vida Pavesich -- 4. Naturalism, pluralism, and the human place in the worlds / Phillip Honenberger -- 5. Plessner's conceptual investigations of 'life' : structural narratology / Scott Davis -- 6. Gehlen's philosophical anthropology : contemporary applications in addiction research / Sally Wasmuth -- 7. The hybrid hominin : a renewed point of departure for philosophical anthropology / Lenny Moss -- 8. Intentionality and mentality as explanans and as explanandum : Michael Tomasello's research program from the perspective of philosophical anthropology / Hans-Peter Krüger -- 9. Biology and culture / Joseph Margolis -- 10. The mortal self : toward transcendental-pragmatic anthropology / Sami Pihlström |
| Summary |
What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Naturalism.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Honenberger, Phillip, editor
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| ISBN |
1137500883 (electronic bk.) |
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9781137500885 (electronic bk.) |
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