Debates, Controversies, and Prizes
philosophy in the german enlightenment
$344.80
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2024
Summary
Enlightenment Debates: Controversies, Prizes, and the Pursuit of Knowledge
This volume assembles a collection of insightful studies examining pivotal controversies and prize essay contests during the German Enlightenment. It offers fresh perspectives on the character and influence of the philosophical debates of the time, while exploring a spectrum of critical philosophical inquiries. The focus lies on controversies and prize competitions as catalysts for knowledge advancement and t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350348646 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350348643 |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Studies in Modern German Philosophy |
| Author: | Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet, Christian Leduc |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
This collection opens up for us the stunning scope and quality of the philosophical debates that arose around the prize essay competitions of the Berlin Academy in mid-eighteenth-century Prussia. In doing so, it reveals the extent to which philosophical controversy in general was a major driving force of the early German Enlightenment. * Peter R. Anstey, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia *
About The Author
Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet
Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet is Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Psychology of the Romanian Academy and at the University of Bucharest, Romania.
Christian Leduc is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montreal, Canada.
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