Chapter 4: Nicolai Hartmann: A Crucial Figure in German Philosophical Anthropology – Without Belonging to the Paradigm
Year: 2011
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the crucial role of Nicolai Hartmann in German philosophy especially with respect to German Philosophical Anthropology.I will develop the proposal in three stages by: (1) outlining the modern tradition of German Philosophical Anthropology as developed by Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, and Arnold Gehlen; (2) introducing Nicolai Hartmann as a third figure or party, both within, and subsequent to, that of the Cologne Circle (the nexus of Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, and their contemporaries);(3) demonstrating the key role Hartmann's concepts played, and analyzing how he supported the construction of the Philosophical-Anthropological paradigm without himself belonging to it.Though already famous since the midst of the twentieth century (Habermas 1958;Pappé 1967), this paradigm, and its originatorsafter a long period of marginalization since the eighties -have been re-discovered over the last ten years in German philosophy and especially in the social sciences (Fischer 2008;Rehberg 2009;Borsari 2009).The surprising discovery, brought to light in the study of Philosophical Anthropology, is that Hartmann has left a great legacy for contemporary philosophy: the connection with modern Philosophical Anthropology reveals Hartmann's work in a new light; and Hartmann's New Ontology and the German Philosophical Anthropologists can be seen as being of mutual benefit to each other, and their synthesis seems to be of great relevance to modern philosophy -a perspective which is outlined in the paper.ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am | 23.10.1800:49 ereitgestellt von | Saechsische Landesbibliothek -Staats-und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) Angemeldet Heruntergeladen am
Source: De Gruyter eBooks
Author: Joachim Fischer
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2485148993