The Analysis of Wonder An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nicolai Hartmann

by Cicovacki, Predrag

• ISBN13: 9781623567903
• ISBN10: 1623567904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-01-30
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Structured to introduce the reader into all aspects of the philosophy of Nicolai Hartmann (1882-1950), this book aims to stimulate further interest into his thought. Once considered the most studious and systematic of all the German philosophers of the twentieth-century, this prolific author has been nearly forgotten. For many years a student and an admirer of Hartmann's work, Cicovacki argues that a closer look into Hartmann's ontologically and axiologically oriented philosophy contains a promise of a vital philosophical orientation, especially with regard to our understanding of the nature, place, and role of humanity in the larger world. "The Analysis of Wonder" - Hartmann's own definition of philosophy - is an invitation to the readers to challenge their preconceived and self-interested notions of reality in order to relearn to appreciate the always changing and conflicting world, in all of its complexity, richness, and sublimity.

Author Biography

Predrag Cicovacki is Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, MA, USA. He has published over fifty philosophy papers published in English, Serbian, German, Russian, Chinese, and Slovenian and is the author or editor of nine books, including Albert Schweitzer's Ethical Vision: A Sourcebook (with Introduction, 2009).

Table of Contents

Chronological Table

Introduction: Does Hartmann Matter?

Part I: Being
I.1 Philosophical Method
I.2 Being as Being
I.3 Modifications of Being
I.4 Strata of Real Being
I.5 Categories of Real Being
I.6 Categories of Being and Categories of Cognition
I.7. Ontology of Cognition
I.8 Critique of Intellectualism

Part II: Values
II.1 Nature of Values
II.2 Moral Values in General
II.3 Four Fundamental Moral Values
II.4 Four Forms of Love
II.5 Aesthetic Object and Aesthetic Act
II.6 Aesthetic Values
II.7 Truth in Art
II.8 Sublime
II.9 Critique of Moralism

Part III: Personality
III.1 The Realm of Real Being and the Realm of Values
III.2 Personality as a Value
III.3 Pseudo, Spurious and Genuine Personality
III.4 Fulfillment of Personality

Conclusion: Hartmann’s New Ways of Philosophy

Bibliography of Hartmann’s Works
Index