Intuition and Ideality (Suny Systematic Philosophy)

Weissman, David

ISBN 10: 0887064280 / ISBN 13: 9780887064289

Published by State Univ of New York Pr, 1987

About this Item

Good.

Seller Inventory # ERICA82908870642803

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intuition and Ideality (Suny Systematic Philosophy)
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887064280
• ISBN 13: 9780887064289
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book

About this title

Synopsis

This book shows how idealism is a consequence of the intuitionist method. Idealism develops from mental content inspected by mind, or as mind characterizing itself. Weissman declares that the idea of an independent world, of a nature whose character and existence are independent of mind, cannot be recovered until we repudiate the intuitionist method. This psycho-centric ontology has been pervasive in Western philosophy since Parmenides and Plato. Intuition and Ideality characterizes its varieties, dialectical cycles, and idealist consequences.

What is required is a method that is speculative and testable-a method that makes speculation responsible by testability. Weissman characterizes such a hypothetical method, and he describes some of the categorical features that are discovered in the world as this alternative method is used.

About the Author

David Weissman is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. He is the author of Eternal Possibilities: A Neutral Ground for Meaning and Existence and Truth's Debt to Value, among other books.