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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY - IAP
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY ? Studies in Phenomenological and Classical Realism General Editors: Josef Seifert and Giovanni Reale In What is PHILOSOPHY ? the distinguished philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand analyses the datum of knowledge itself in its different forms, from the most casual perception of some object in our na ve experience to "a priori knowledge," taken as consisting of absolutely certain insights into "necessary essences." Plato's central teaching about that kind of human knowledge which transcends the world of time and of becoming is here purified, clari-fied and deepened. Precise lines are meticulously drawn which distin-guish empirical knowledge, such as is found in the physical sciences, from a priori knowledge, as it can be attained in mathematics, logic and PHILOSOPHY . Most importantly, von Hildebrand draws lines which distinguish fruitful a priori knowledge ("synthetic a priori") from mere tautologies.
early insights, as well as to criticize his later idealism. An extensive introductory essay by Josef Seifert puts the work into a historical and systematic perspective and relates it to present-day An-glo-Saxon thought. 1
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