Selected writings
By: W. Dilthey ; edited, translated, and introduced by H. P. Rickman.
Contributors: Rickman, H. P.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]; New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834; Philosophy
Description: 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 264-268.
Includes index.