William F Bristow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1053745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William F Bristow |
| GIVEN NAMES | William F |
| FAMILY NAME | Bristow |
| SIGNATURE | BRISTOW W F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Herder, Philosophy and Universal History
In this article I propose that the tension between two of Herder’s most important contributions to Western thought and culture, the incomparability thesis and the history thesis, is reconciled by Herder’s own innovative project and method of universal history. Whereas the incomparability thesis demands that peoples are known in their uniqueness without comparison to other peoples, the history thesis implies knowing peoples in relation to each oth…
Reason, Self-Transcendence, and Modernity in Hegel’s Phenomenology
Chapter 5 displays narrative unity in the “Reason chapter” of Hegel’s Phenomenology by showing how consciousness as reason becomes, and takes successive forms as, purposive activity: first, as organism, then, as end-directed human action, and finally, as human action that is its own end. The successive forms of purposive activity in the chapter are generated as attempts to resolve the overarching tension between rational consciousness’s certainty…
Hegel and the Transformation of Philosophical Critique
This book presents a study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit. Hegel describes the method of this work as a ‘way of despair’, meaning that the reader who undertakes its inquiry must be open to the experience of self-loss through it. Whereas the existential dimension of Hegel's work has often been either ignored or regarded as romantic ornamentation, this book argues that it belongs centrally to Hegel's…
Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness
Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness
Book Review| April 01 2001 Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness KANT AND THE DEMANDS OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. By Pierre Keller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. vii, 286. William F. Bristow William F. Bristow Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2001) 110 (2): 272–275. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-110-2-272 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
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Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness
Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness
Book Review| April 01 2001 Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness KANT AND THE DEMANDS OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. By Pierre Keller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. vii, 286. William F. Bristow William F. Bristow Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2001) 110 (2): 272–275. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-110-2-272 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
Hegel and the Transformation of Philosophical Critique
This book presents a study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit. Hegel describes the method of this work as a ‘way of despair’, meaning that the reader who undertakes its inquiry must be open to the experience of self-loss through it. Whereas the existential dimension of Hegel's work has often been either ignored or regarded as romantic ornamentation, this book argues that it belongs centrally to Hegel's…
Reason, Self-Transcendence, and Modernity in Hegel’s Phenomenology
Chapter 5 displays narrative unity in the “Reason chapter” of Hegel’s Phenomenology by showing how consciousness as reason becomes, and takes successive forms as, purposive activity: first, as organism, then, as end-directed human action, and finally, as human action that is its own end. The successive forms of purposive activity in the chapter are generated as attempts to resolve the overarching tension between rational consciousness’s certainty…
Herder, Philosophy and Universal History
In this article I propose that the tension between two of Herder’s most important contributions to Western thought and culture, the incomparability thesis and the history thesis, is reconciled by Herder’s own innovative project and method of universal history. Whereas the incomparability thesis demands that peoples are known in their uniqueness without comparison to other peoples, the history thesis implies knowing peoples in relation to each oth…
Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Consciousness (3 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (2 works) · Criticism (2 works) · Hegelianism (2 works) · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Self-consciousness (2 works)