Movements Of Thought In The Nineteenth Century

George H. Mead

• Publisher: Skinner Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781406738834
• eBook ISBN: 9781473386730
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

This book discovers the key through which entry may be made into new approaches which Mr. Mead brings to the study of the movements of thought and also to his original, sometimes obtuse, contributions to the philosophic thought. It provides a great overview of the most important philosophers of the 19th Century in a simple and accessible language.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Prefatory Note
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• I. From Renaissance to Revolution
• II. Kant—The Philosopher of the Revolution
• III. The Revolution Breaks Down; Romanticism Is Born
• IV. Kant and the Background of Philosophic Romanticism
• V. The Romantic Philosophers—Fichte
• VI. The Romantic Philosophers—Schelling
• VII. The Romantic Philosophers—Hegel
• VIII. Evolution Becomes a General Idea
• IX. The Industrial Revolution—The Quest for Markets
• X. The Social Renaissance—Utilitarianism
• XI. The Social Renaissance—Karl Marx and Socialism
• XII. Industry a Boon to Science—Mechanism the Handmaid of Finality
• XIII. Modern Science Is Research Science
• XIV. Science Raises Problems for Philosophy—Vitalism; Henri Bergson
• XV. Science Raises Problems for Philosophy—Realism and Pragmatism
• XVI. The Problem of Society—How We Become Selves
• XVII. Mind Approached through Behavior—Can Its Study Be Made Scientific?
• XVIII. Individuality in the Nineteenth Century
• Appendix. French Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
• Index