The Unity of Philosophical Experience

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The Unity of Philosophical Experience
AuthorÉtienne Gilson
LanguageEnglish
Subjecthistory of philosophy
PublisherC. Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1937
Pages331
ISBN978-0898707489

The Unity of Philosophical Experience is a 1937 book by Étienne Gilson in which the author provides a critique of Western philosophy,[1][2][3] focused in turn on medieval philosophy, Cartesianism, and modern Kantianism and Comtean positivism.

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Philosopher and theologian Benedict M. Ashley compared Copleston's A History of Philosophy to some of the most famous histories of philosophy including Gilson's as follows: "Some histories of philosophy, like the admirable one of Frederick Copleston, only attempt to give an accurate account of various philosophies in their general historical setting. Others, like Bertrand Russell in his absurd History of Western Philosophy or Etienne Gilson in his brilliant The Unity of Philosophical Experience proffer an argument for a particular philosophical position."[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Étienne Gilson". Britannica.
  2. ^ March, W. W. S. (April 1939). "Book Review: The Unity of Philosophical Experience". Theology. 38 (226): 311–312. doi:10.1177/0040571x3903822622. ISSN 0040-571X.
  3. ^ Capehart, James (1 January 2019). "Gilson's Notion of Theologism in The Unity of Philosophical Experience and Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages". Studia Gilsoniana.
  4. ^ Ashley, Benedict M. (2003). "The Four Ages of Understanding: The First Postmodern Survey of Philosophy from Ancient Times to the Tum of the Twenty-First Century by John Deely (review)". The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review. 67 (1): 133–137. doi:10.1353/tho.2003.0041. ISSN 2473-3725. S2CID 172062857.

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