Between Historicism and Essentialism. The Critical Ambitions of Gernot Böhme’s Philosophical Anthropology

• Authors: Czerniak Stanisław
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Gernot Böhme’s philosophical anthropology combines a historistic-descriptive and a normative approach (“historical models of man,” the axiological “sovereign man” project).The author describes both types of philosophical narrative in detail, together with the categorial and argumentative inconsistencies which appear on their crossing point. His thesis is that the German philosopher attempts to neutralize these aporias by reference to the category of “relief” (Entlastung) and an argumentative strategy close to the position of thinkers like Jürgen Habermas, who made use of the “relief” category in his critical bioethical analyses.

Keywords

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philosophical anthropology; historicism; essentialism; human nature; historical models of man; sovereign man, relief; body; consciousness; identity

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 59-76

Contributors

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Czerniak Stanisław

• Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Nowy Świat 72, 00–330 Warszawa, Poland