Editors Friedman and Luft present students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a collection of academic papers and scholarly articles focused on the work of philosopher Ernst Cassirer. The editors have organized the contributions that make up the main body of the text in three parts devoted to Cassirer and the philosophy of science, epistemology and the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of culture today. Specific contributions are focused on Cassirers critique of culture and the several tasks of the critic and a wide variety of other related subjects. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This volume brings Cassirers work into the arena of contemporary debates both within and outside of philosophy. All articles offer a fresh and contemporary look at one of the most prolific and important philosophers of the 20th century. The papers are authored by a wide array of scholars working in different areas, such as epistemology, philosophy of culture, sociology, psychopathology, philosophy of science and aesthetics.
The series publishes monographs and essay collections devoted to the history of philosophy as well as studies in the theory of writing the history of philosophy. A special emphasis is placed on the contextualization of philosophical historiography into the areas of the history of science, culture, and the wider scope of intellectual history.
