Tag Archives: continental philosophy

Truth and Method (Review)

Posted on January 28, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

This is one of those great moments where a great student follows his master (Heidegger) yet gives us a new product and not simply a repetition of his master. In short, for Gadamer language is the horizon of being. As … Continue reading →

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Truth and Method (review)

Posted on August 8, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This is one of those great moments where a great student follows his master (Heidegger) yet gives us a new product and not simply a repetition of his master. In short, for Gadamer language is the horizon of being. As … Continue reading →

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Heretics, Continentals, and Analytics

Posted on May 15, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Cyril O’Regan said every hereseology implies a genealogy (“Balthasar’s Gnostic Genealogy”).   This means evaluating heresies often implies a story of where and how the knowledge went wrong. This is precisely what Continental Philosophy specializes in. This is precisely what … Continue reading →

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Phenomenology of Spirit (Review)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Where to begin a review on a book of this magnitude? While this might seem like a difficult question, the easiest answer is also the most Hegelian: start anywhere, for you will end up in the final moment of the … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Metaphysics

Posted on February 14, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

To wax hippie and postmodern for a moment, this is a “journey” of a post, more than a philosophical one.  Every year I go back and forth between analytic philosophy and continental philosophy.  This seems to correlate with my reading … Continue reading →

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