Title: Selected writings /
Authors: Dilthey, Wilhelm, 1833-1911.; Rickman, H. P.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1976
Subjects: Schleiermacher, Friedrich,; Philosophy.
Abstract: Dilthey is a figure of real importance in European philosophy and social theory. He exerted a significant influence on Husserl, Heidegger and Weber (among others) through his work on the nature of philosophy and the methodology and epistemology of human and social studies. He was also a distinguished and original historian of ideas and, indeed, many of his philosophical interests arose from the insights and practical difficulties he encountered as a historian. He produced a monumental biography of Schleiermacher, and a series of shorter, but no less striking studies of Hegel, Dickens, Shakespeare, Schiller and many others. --Publisher description.
Contents: Introduction -- Dilthey as a historian of ideas -- Dilthey's approach to psychology -- Dilthey's philosophy of life -- Dilthey's epistemology and methodology.