Thomas-Fogiel, Isabelle.

The death of philosophy : reference and self-reference in contemporary thought / Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel ; translated by Richard A. Lynch. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2011. - xxiii, 331 p. : 24 cm.

Translated from French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Skeptical and scientific "post-philosophy" -- "Saying and the said": two paradigms for the same subject -- The antispeculative view: Habermas as an example -- Kant's shadow in the current philosophical landscape -- A definition of the model: scientific learning and philosophical knowledge -- The model of self-reference's consistency -- The model's fecundity -- Beyond the death of philosophy -- Helmholtz's choice as a choice for reference: the naturalization of critique -- Critique: a positivist theory of knowledge or existential ontology? -- Questioning the history of philosophy.

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Philosophy, French--21st century.
Philosophy, Modern--21st century.
Reference (Philosophy)

B2431 / THO 2011

190.9/051