Dilthey: Philosopher of the Human Studies

by Rudolf A. Makkreel

Overview

The philosopher and historian of culture Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) has had a significant and continuing influence on twentieth-century Continental philosophy and in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. Rudolf Makkreel interprets Dilthey's philosophy and provides a guide to its complex development. Against the tendency to divorce Dilthey's early psychological writings from his later hermeneutical and historical works, Makkreel argues for their essential continuity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691020976
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	01/03/1993
Edition description:	With a New afterword by the author
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rudolf A. Makkreel is Candler Professor of Philosophy at Emory University and editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Editorial Reviews

This is a much-needed book on Dilthey; full-scale and authoritative, situating his thought firmly in its historical context and relating it to major criticisms, both by contemporaries and by successors.

International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion - William H. Dray

A work of conscientious and penetrating scholarship.

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism - Melvin Rader

An important contribution to our understanding of Dilthey and the critical philosophy of history.

The American Historical Review - Else N. Bulhof

This is a much-needed book on Dilthey; full-scale and authoritative, situating his thought firmly in its historical context and relating it to major criticisms, both by contemporaries and by successors.
— William H. Dray

International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion

A work of conscientious and penetrating scholarship.
— Melvin Rader

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

An important contribution to our understanding of Dilthey and the critical philosophy of history.
— Else N. Bulhof

The American Historical Review

"An important contribution to our understanding of Dilthey and the critical philosophy of history."—-Else N. Bulhof, The American Historical Review

"A work of conscientious and penetrating scholarship."—-Melvin Rader, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

"This is a much-needed book on Dilthey; full-scale and authoritative, situating his thought firmly in its historical context and relating it to major criticisms, both by contemporaries and by successors."—-William H. Dray, International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion

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