Portraits of American Continental PhilosophersJames R. Watson Through engaging autobiographical essays and photographs, Portraits of American Continental Philosophers introduces twenty-two leading contemporary American philosophers whose work falls under the rubric "continental philosophy." The essays trace the personal philosophical journeys and orientations of a remarkable group of men and women and reveal a fascinating array of intellectual inspirations--spellbinding tales of saints and mystics, an undergraduate encounter with Hume or Locke, the shock of a racially segregated society, the experience of mirrors reflecting each other to infinity, Martin Heidegger's probing gaze, the explosion of student unrest in 1968, or a Holocaust survivor's search for explanations. |
Contents
Expecting the Unexpected | 13 |
Of Mystics Magi and Deconstructionists | 25 |
Memories of a Wayward Thinker | 35 |
From Bad Infinity to HyperReflection | 45 |
Continental Philosophy on Another Continent | 55 |
Hermeneutics and Natural Science | 65 |
Adventures in Continental Philosophy | 75 |
Science Ontology Pluralities | 85 |
Holocaust Child | 127 |
Reflections | 137 |
An Unpurloined Autobiography | 145 |
Αρχή | 155 |
My Dialogue with TwentiethCentury Continental Philosophy | 167 |
Thought in the Transformation of Transcendence | 177 |
Andenken and Compassion | 205 |
From Seceda to Captiva and More | 211 |
From the School of Suspicion to the Willing Suspension | 97 |
Learning to Stand on the Earth and Stand | 107 |
The Unlived Life Is Not Worth Examining | 119 |
Between Phenomenology and the Negatives Power | 221 |
Contributors 229 | |
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