The Philosophy of 'As If' Tapa blanda - 2021

New. Hans Vaihinger (1852-1933) was an important and fascinating figure in German philosophy in the early twentieth century, founding the well-known journal Kantstudien. Yet he was overshadowed by the burgeoning movements of phenomenology and analytical philosophy, as well as hostility towards his work because of his defense of Jewish scholars in a Germany controlled by Nazism. However, it is widely acknowledged today that The Philosophy of 'As If' is a philosophical masterwork. Vaihinger argues that in face of an overwhelmingly complex world, we produce a simpler set of ideas, or idealizations, that help us negotiate it. When cast as fictions, such ideas provide an easier and more useful way to think about certain subjects, from mathematics and physics to law and morality, than would the truth in all its complexity. Even in science, he wrote, we must proceed "as if " a material world exists independently of perceiving subjects; in behaviour, we must act "as if… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Widely acknowledged today as a philosophical masterwork, this Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Michael Rosenthal, which provides fascinating and important background to Vaihinger’s life and the legacy of The Philo

Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. 2nd new edition. 416 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.82 inches.

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Routledge, May 2021. Trade Paperback. New.

Routledge, May 2021. Paper Back. New.

Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. 2nd new edition. 416 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.82 inches.

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