This book offers an historical and critical account of some of the main philosophical movements and of the major German philosophers of the twentieth century. In an accessible way, Gorner takes the reader through the principal representatives: Husserl's phenomenology; Gadamer's hermeneutics; Habermas's critical theory; and Apel's pragmatics, and gives extensive treatment of Heidegger's fundamental ontology and history of being. Twentieth Century German Philosophy provides both the undergraduate and general reader with a discussion of these philosophers and philosophies against the background of what is most distinctive in the German philosophical tradition.

About the Author
Paul Gorner is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

Reviews
One of Gorner's strenghs is that he brings the usual clarity of analytic philosophy to the often fuzziness of German philosophy.'/Christopher Adair-Toteff, British JOurnal for the History of Philosophy, Vol 10, No.4, November 2002



Book Information
ISBN 9780192893093
Author Paul Gorner
Format Paperback
Page Count 236
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 331g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 14mm