Naturalism and Philosophical Anthropology [electronic resource] : Nature, Life, and the Human between Transcendental and Empirical Perspectives /
Honenberger, Phillip.editor.
What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs.
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Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction                   ; 1 In Pursuit of Something 'Essential' about Man: Heidegger and Philosophical Anthropology                                                                                                ; 2 Gehlen, Nietzsche, and the Project of a Philosophical Anthropology
3 Hans Blumenberg: Philosophical Anthropology and the Ethics of Consolation                                                                                  4 Naturalism, Pluralism, and the Human Place in the Worlds                                                                 ; 5 Plessner's Conceptual Investigations of 'Life': Structural Narratology
6 Gehlen's Philosophical Anthropology: Contemporary Applications in Addiction Research                                                                                             7 The Hybrid Hominin: A Renewed Point of Departure for Philosophical Anthropology
8 Intentionality and Mentality as Explanans and as Explanandum : Michael Tomasello's Research Program from the Perspective of Philosophical Anthropology                                                                                                                                                               9 Biology and Culture                            ; 10 The Mortal Self: Toward a Transcendental-Pragmatic Anthropology                                                                         ; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Anthropology.
Physical anthropology.
Evolutionary biology.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Biological and Physical Anthropology.
Evolutionary Biology.