What is Sceptical Anthropology?

• Authors: Schürmann Volker
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article compares the philosophies of Ernst Cassirer and Helmuth Plessner concerning the modes of modernity. Plessner is one of those thinkers, who are most consistent in accepting modernity, whereas Cassirer is not. The point that generates this different level is the explicit self-reflection of Plessner in contrast to a systematic silence of Cassirer. One can see this difference by analysing the role of scepticism within these two modes of anthropology.

Keywords

EN

anthropology; skepticism; modernity; Helmuth Plessner; Ernst Cassirer

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 141-154

Contributors

author

Schürmann Volker

• German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Pedagogy and Philosophy, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, D-50933 Cologne, Germany