Hegel and Skepticism / / Michael N. Forster.

The rejection by Anglo-Saxon philosophers of much "continental philosophy" (from Hegel on down) is largely based on the perceived failure of continental thinkers to grapple with the tough questions of epistemology in general and skepticism in particular. Forster demonstrates that Hegel did...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1989
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2013
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. HEGEL ON THE HISTORY OF SKEPTICISM
  • ONE. The Superiority of Ancient to Modern Skeptidsm
  • TWO. The Limitations of Ancient Skepticism
  • PART II. SKEPTICAL CULTURE IN HEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
  • THREE. The Theory of a Historical Ur-teilung
  • FOUR. The Collapse of Greek Ethical Life
  • FIVE. The Alienated Realms of Culture and Faith
  • PART III. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEFENSE OF HEGEL'S SYSTEM
  • SIX. Hegel's Epistemology?
  • SEVEN. Two Defenses against Skepticism
  • EIGHT. Further Defenses against Skepticism
  • NINE. The Proof for Nonbelievers
  • TEN. The Dialectical Method in Hegels Epistemology
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index