Thesis (doctoral)--Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-285).

Habil.-Schr.--Freie Universität--Berlin, 1994. / Bibliogr. p. 267-300. Index.

Orientador: Luiz Roberto Monzani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T22:31:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Castro_ClaraCarnicerode_M.pdf: 898272 bytes, checksum: c2eab5298c3e8e6afa57476e9283458a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A pesquisa, a ser aqui exposta, pretende analisar a elaboração do sistema filosófico do Marquês de Sade, tendo como base o estudo das filosofias iluminista e libertina da França do século XVIII. O estudo foi dividido em dez temas principais, entendidos como os mais pertinentes para se examinar a argumentação de uma ética sadeana. São eles: (1) a consciência moral, (2) a natureza, (3) o remorso, (4) o sangue-frio em oposição à paixão, (5) o discurso do poder, (6) a teoria do excesso e a doutrina da predestinação, (7) a elaboração do crime, (8) a dissimulação, (9) o diálogo libertino e (10) o sexo como estímulo da inteligência ou a ascensão libertina. Sendo assim, propomo-nos a descrever e analisar detalhadamente cada um desses temas aplicados à obra de Sade e relacionados às filosofias libertina e iluminista / Abstract: This research intends to analyse the development of Marquis de Sade¿s philosophical system based upon the enlightenment¿s and the libertine¿s philosophies on the eighteenth century France. The study has been divided in ten main themes, understood as the most appropriate to provide a detailed argumentative examination of Sade¿s ethic, such as: (1) the moral conscience, (2) the nature, (3) the remorse, (4) cold-bloodedness against passion, (5) the power discourse, (6) the excess theory and the predestination doctrine, (7) the crime¿s development, (8) the disguise, (9) the libertine¿s dialogue and (10) sex as an intellectual stimulus or the libertine¿s ascension. Therefore, this study claims to describe and analyse in detail each one of these themes applied to Sade¿s work and related to the enlightenment¿s and libertine¿s philosophies / Mestrado / Filosofia / Mestre em Filosofia

Orientador: Roberto Romano da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T03:05:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_MaercioAntoniode_M.pdf: 1292800 bytes, checksum: d7a2b04de4cce2217d4e7a48ba0295bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A relação entre o entendimento e a vontade na Ética de Espinosa é um dos pontos de entrada importante para a inteligibilidade do sistema espinosano. Esta relação permite compreender, diretamente, não só a sua doutrina da vontade, como também a aplicação prática das concepções de tal doutrina. Neste sentido, o objetivo dessa dissertação é expor e examinar esta relação, visando principalmente à delimitação do universo ontológico que a sustenta e o estabelecimento de que o entendimento e a vontade são uma e a mesma coisa, como deduz as proposições 48 e 49 da Segunda Parte da Ética / Abstract: The relation between the understanding and the will in Spinoza¿s Ethics is one of the important entrance points for the intelligibility of the Spinozan system. This relation allows people to understand, directly, not only his doctrine of the wil, but also the practical application of the conceptions of such doctrine. In this sense, the objective of this dissertation is to demonstrate and examine this relation, seeking primarily the delimitation of the ontological universe that sustains it and the establishment that the understanding and the will are one and the same thing, as was traced by the propositions 48 and 49 of the Second Part of Ethics / Mestrado / Mestre em Filosofia

Orientador: Zeljko Loparic / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T16:41:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_MarcosAlbertode_D.pdf: 17873725 bytes, checksum: bfec905f9aa6e8dc1d98ce8187dff057 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Não informado / Abstract: Not informed. / Doutorado / Filosofia / Doutor em Filosofia

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Please read the abstract in the section 08summary, of this document / Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2001. / Philosophy / unrestricted

Thesis (DPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / The purpose of this thesis twofold: first, to develop an account of modernity as a “loss of the world” which also entails the “death” of the human as a meaningful philosophical, political or moral category, and second, to explore the possibility of recovering a sense of the world in us and with it, a sense of what it means to be human. This argument is developed by way of a sustained engagement with the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Hannah Arendt, whose analogous critiques of modernity centre on the problem of the connection between humanity and worldliness. My argument consists of three parts, each of which spans two chapters. Part one of the thesis sets out the most important aspects of Nietzsche’s and Arendt’s respective critiques of modernity. Chapter one focuses on modernity as a rupture of a philosophical, political and religious tradition within which existence in the world could be experienced as unquestionably meaningful. Following arguments developed by Nietzsche and Arendt, chapter two establishes that the loss of this tradition results in a general crisis of meaning, evaluation and authority that can be designated as “modern nihilism”. The second part of the thesis deals with what may be called the “anthropological grounds” of the critique of modernity developed in part one. To this end, chapter three focuses on Nietzsche’s portrayal of the human as “the as-yet undetermined animal” who is neither the manifestation of a subjective essence nor the product of his own hands, but who only exists in the unresolved tension between indeterminacy and determination. This is followed in chapter four by an inquiry into Arendt’s conception of “the human condition”, which in turn points to the conditionality of being human. What is clearly demonstrated in both cases is that, in so far as the predicament of modernity is incarnate in modern human beings themselves, any attempt at overcoming this predicament would somehow have to involve re-thinking or transcending our present-day humanity. The third part of the thesis examines the way in which the reconceptualisation of the human as advocated by Nietzsche and Arendt transforms our understanding of “world”. The more specific aim here is to demonstrate that both thinkers conceive of a reconciliation between self and world as a form of redemption. In chapter five I explore their respective attempts to resurrect the capacity for judgement in the aftermath of the death of God as the first step in this redemptive project, before turning to a more in-depth inquiry into the “soteriology” at work in Nietzsche’s and Arendt’s thinking in chapter six. This inquiry ultimately makes clear that there is a conflict between the Nietzschean conception of redemption as amor fati (love of fate) and Arendt’s notion of redemption as amor mundi (love of the world). I conclude the thesis by arguing that what is at stake here are two conflicting notions of reconciliation: a worldly – or political – notion of reconciliation (Arendt), and a much more radical, philosophical notion of reconciliation (Nietzsche), which ultimately does away with any boundary between self and world. However, my final conclusion is not that we face an inevitable choice between these two alternatives, but rather that the struggle between these two dispositions is necessary for an understanding of what it means to be human as well as for the world in which our humanity is formed.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Utopia, Philosophy and Hermeneutics Exploring the thought of Gianni Vattimo Article I: The End of Utopia An explanation for the rise of distopia in popular culture with reference to the ideas of Gianni Vattimo In this article the development of utopianism is described by tracing it back to its original classical form, following it through its modernistic form and finally describing distopia as the postmodern form of utopia. Using the ideas of Gianni Vattimo, distopia is interpreted as the creative embodiment of the "counterfinality of reason". In this way distopia acts as a critique of modem rationalism. The question is raised if it is possible to speak of "the end of utopia" in postmodern times. It is concluded that utopian thought remains and functions as a necessary fiction in postmodern ethics. Article II: An Appropriate Postmodern Philosophy A discussion of the hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo The aim of this article is to discuss the radical hermeneutics proposed by the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo. Vattimo declares a radicalization of hermeneutics to be the only consistent, persuasive and valid approach to the postmodern conditions of existence we find ourselves in today. In order to explain what this approach entails, and how Vattimo justifies it, this article discusses his interpretation of the history (and end) of modernity, as well as his proposals for a new task for philosophy, and for a postmodern ethics. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Utopie, Filosofie en Hermeneutiek 'n Verkenning van die denke van Gianni Vattimo Artikel I: Die Einde van Utopie 'n Verklaring vir die opkoms van distopie in populêre kultuur aan die hand van die idees van Gianni Vattimo Hierdie artikel beskryf die ontwikkeling van utopianisme deur die oorspronklike klassieke en latere modernistiese vorme daarvan na te gaan, en uiteindelik distopie te beskryf as die postmoderne vorm van utopie. Met verwysing na die denke van Gianni Vattimo word distopie geïnterpreteer as die kreatiewe beliggaming van die "kontrafinaliteit van rede". Op hierdie manier lewer distopie kritiek op moderne rasionalisme. Die vraag word gevra na die moontlikheid daarvan om te kan praat van "die einde van utopie" in postmoderne tye, en uiteindelik word tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat utopiese denke steeds 'n rol het om te speel as 'n noodsaaklike fiksie binne 'n postmoderne etiek. Artikel II: 'n Gepaste Postmoderne Filosofie 'n Bespreking van die hermeneutiek van Gianni Vattimo Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die Italiaanse filosoof Gianni Vattimo se voorstel vir 'n radikale hermeneutiek te bespreek. Vattimo is oortuig daarvan dat 'n radikalisering van hermeneutiek die enigste konsekwente, oortuigende en geldige benadering is tot die postmoderne bestaanstoestande waarbinne ons onsself vandag bevind. In 'n poging om te verduidelik wat hierdie benadering behels, en hoe Vattimo dit regverdig, word sy interpretasie van die geskiedenis (en einde) van moderniteit bespreek, asook sy voorstelle vir 'n nuwe taak vir die filosofie, en vir 'n postmoderne etiek.