Twentieth Century German Philosophy [Paperback]

This book offers an historical and critical account of the important German philosophical movements and philosophers of the 20th century. In an accessible way, Gorner introduces the reader to a principal representative of each movement, laying out Husserl's phenomenology, Gadamar's hermeneutics, Habermas's critical theory, and Apel's pragmatics, and giving extensive treatment of Heideggar's multi-disciplinary work.Twentieth Century German Philosophyprovides the general reader with an incisive discussion of these philosophers and philosophies against a background of the distinctive German tradition. This comprehensive introduction to German philosophy in the 20th Century will be illuminating reading for those seeking a closer understanding of the German tradition, from the monumentally important work of Heidegger to the popular ideas of hermeneutics and critical theory.

The German Tradition
Husserl's Phenomenology
Heidegger: Fundamental Ontology
Heidegger: The History of Being
Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics
Habermas: Critical Theory
Apel's Transcendental Pragmatics
Bibliography
Index

Paul Gorner must be commended for a masterful exposition of some of the major trends and thinkers of the German tradition of the twentieth century. --The Review of Metaphysics

Paul Gorneris Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.