Jean-Jacques Lecercle
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748638000
- eISBN:
- 9780748652648
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748638000.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Why do philosophers read literature? How do they read it? And to what extent does their philosophy derive from their reading of literature? Anyone who has read contemporary European philosophers has ...
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Why do philosophers read literature? How do they read it? And to what extent does their philosophy derive from their reading of literature? Anyone who has read contemporary European philosophers has had to ask such questions. This book is an attempt to answer them, by considering the ‘strong readings’ Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze impose on the texts they read. The author demonstrates that philosophers need literature as much as literary critics need philosophy: it is an exercise not in the philosophy of literature (where literature is a mere object of analysis), but in philosophy and literature, a heady and unusual mix.Less
Why do philosophers read literature? How do they read it? And to what extent does their philosophy derive from their reading of literature? Anyone who has read contemporary European philosophers has had to ask such questions. This book is an attempt to answer them, by considering the ‘strong readings’ Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze impose on the texts they read. The author demonstrates that philosophers need literature as much as literary critics need philosophy: it is an exercise not in the philosophy of literature (where literature is a mere object of analysis), but in philosophy and literature, a heady and unusual mix.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226707150
- eISBN:
- 9780226707174
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226707174.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the conflict between Galileo and Christoph Scheiner on the nature and location of sunspots. It explains that the conflict had ...
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This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the conflict between Galileo and Christoph Scheiner on the nature and location of sunspots. It explains that the conflict had preoccupied European astronomers and philosophers for over a century. Galileo's interpretation of sunspots prevailed over those of his opponents and he inspired Scheiner to conduct an extended research published as Rosa Ursina in 1863. Based on his research Scheiner also later published Prodromus pro Sole Mobili to refute Galileo's argument for the motion of the Earth on the basis of the motions of sunspots.Less
This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the conflict between Galileo and Christoph Scheiner on the nature and location of sunspots. It explains that the conflict had preoccupied European astronomers and philosophers for over a century. Galileo's interpretation of sunspots prevailed over those of his opponents and he inspired Scheiner to conduct an extended research published as Rosa Ursina in 1863. Based on his research Scheiner also later published Prodromus pro Sole Mobili to refute Galileo's argument for the motion of the Earth on the basis of the motions of sunspots.
Russell B. Goodman
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199577545
- eISBN:
- 9780191802621
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199577545.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
The introduction sets out the five American thinkers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with whom the book is concerned. It describes the relation of their philosophy to the practical ...
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The introduction sets out the five American thinkers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with whom the book is concerned. It describes the relation of their philosophy to the practical activities of their lives, before introducing the relevant past scholarship on the topic. It then announces the goal of studying these men in their transatlantic contexts, relative to European philosophers. Lastly, it introduces the narrative strands of the Enlightenment, invention and the dialectic of reception, slavery and pragmatism.Less
The introduction sets out the five American thinkers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with whom the book is concerned. It describes the relation of their philosophy to the practical activities of their lives, before introducing the relevant past scholarship on the topic. It then announces the goal of studying these men in their transatlantic contexts, relative to European philosophers. Lastly, it introduces the narrative strands of the Enlightenment, invention and the dialectic of reception, slavery and pragmatism.
