Philosophy as higher enlightenment
Subtitle: paradigms toward a new worldview from the perspective of dialectical realism
By: Ash Gobár.
Series: American university studies.; v. 160
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Philosophy.; Realism.; Dialectic.
Other titles: Higher enlightenment.; Worldview from the perspective of a dialectical realism.
Description: This work is a study in integrative thinking: it contributes some paradigms toward a new worldview from the perspective of dialectical realism. Its central idea is that philosophical thinking leads to a "higher enlightenment": illuminating the foundations of our beliefs as well as the horizon of our praxis. Hence the disparate interests of philosophical inquiry - its theoretical interest and its existential interest - find a dialectical integration here.

The role of philosophy as a cultural healer is then articulated as a consequence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-296) and index.