The Philosophy and Poetics of Gaston Bachelard

Current Continental Research

von Mary McAllester

192 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The essays in this volume discuss the life and work of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, exploring the context of his thought, the relationship between his work on science and on poetry, and his approach to language. Contents: include: 1. "Bachelard in the Context of a Century of Philosophy of Science," by Colin Smith; 2. "Gaston Bachelard: Phenomenologist of Modern Science," by Alfons Grieder; 3. "Gaston Bachelard and Ferdinand Gonseth: Philosophers of Scientific Dialectics," by Henri Lauener; 4. "Science and Poetry in the Ontology of Human Freedom: Bachelard's Account of the Poetic and the Scientific Imagination," by Noel Parker; 5. "Bachelard and the Refusal of Metaphor," by Jean-Claude Margolin; 6. "The Place of Alchemy in Bachelard's Oneiric Criticism," by John G. Clark; "Unfixing the Subject: Gaston Bachelard and Reading," by Mary McAllester. Co-published with the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology.

• Reihe: University Press of America
• ISBN: 9780819174710
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.10.1989
• Größe: 238 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc