Vida Pavesich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1485733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vida Pavesich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vida |
| FAMILY NAME | Pavesich |
| SIGNATURE | PAVESICH V |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, East Bay |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Working on the Myth of the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene concept emerged from questions raised by scientists about whether human activity has ushered in a new and perilous geological age. The term migrated into the humanities and social sciences and now involves a proliferation of metanarratives about anthropogenic disruptions to systems that support life on this planet. This article develops an interpretive framework drawn from Hans Blumenberg's theories of myth and metaphor, philosop…
Science, normativity and skill
The categories and contours of a normative social theory are prefigured by its ‘anthropological’ presuppositions. The discourse/communicative-theoretic basis of Habermasian theory was prefigured by a strong anthropological demarcation between an instrumentally structured realm of science, technology and labor versus a normatively structured realm of social interaction. An alternative anthropology, bolstered by current work in the empirical scienc…
The anthropology of hope and the philosophy of history
In order to address the question of hope in the present, it behooves us to revisit Kant's third and fourth questions: 'What may we hope?' and 'What is the human being?' I reexamine these questions through an analysis of Thomas McCarthy's recent book Race, Empire, and the Idea of Human Development and several works by Hans Blumenberg. I agree with McCarthy that Kant's anthropology is incomplete and that the postmodern rejection of macronarratives …
Hans Blumenberg's Philosophical Anthropology
In this paper, I situate Hans Blumenberg historically and conceptually in relation to a subtheme in the famous debate between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer at Davos, Switzerland in 1929. The subtheme concerns Heidegger’s and Cassirer’s divergent attitudes toward philosophical anthropology as it relates to the starting points and goals of philosophy. I then reconstruct Blumenberg’s anthropology, which involves reconceptualizing Cassirer’s ph…
Hans Blumenberg's Philosophical Anthropology
In this paper, I situate Hans Blumenberg historically and conceptually in relation to a subtheme in the famous debate between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer at Davos, Switzerland in 1929. The subtheme concerns Heidegger’s and Cassirer’s divergent attitudes toward philosophical anthropology as it relates to the starting points and goals of philosophy. I then reconstruct Blumenberg’s anthropology, which involves reconceptualizing Cassirer’s ph…
Science, normativity and skill
The categories and contours of a normative social theory are prefigured by its ‘anthropological’ presuppositions. The discourse/communicative-theoretic basis of Habermasian theory was prefigured by a strong anthropological demarcation between an instrumentally structured realm of science, technology and labor versus a normatively structured realm of social interaction. An alternative anthropology, bolstered by current work in the empirical scienc…
Hans Blumenberg's Philosophical Anthropology
In this paper, I situate Hans Blumenberg historically and conceptually in relation to a subtheme in the famous debate between Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer at Davos, Switzerland in 1929. The subtheme concerns Heidegger’s and Cassirer’s divergent attitudes toward philosophical anthropology as it relates to the starting points and goals of philosophy. I then reconstruct Blumenberg’s anthropology, which involves reconceptualizing Cassirer’s ph…
Science, normativity and skill
The categories and contours of a normative social theory are prefigured by its ‘anthropological’ presuppositions. The discourse/communicative-theoretic basis of Habermasian theory was prefigured by a strong anthropological demarcation between an instrumentally structured realm of science, technology and labor versus a normatively structured realm of social interaction. An alternative anthropology, bolstered by current work in the empirical scienc…
The anthropology of hope and the philosophy of history
In order to address the question of hope in the present, it behooves us to revisit Kant's third and fourth questions: 'What may we hope?' and 'What is the human being?' I reexamine these questions through an analysis of Thomas McCarthy's recent book Race, Empire, and the Idea of Human Development and several works by Hans Blumenberg. I agree with McCarthy that Kant's anthropology is incomplete and that the postmodern rejection of macronarratives …
Working on the Myth of the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene concept emerged from questions raised by scientists about whether human activity has ushered in a new and perilous geological age. The term migrated into the humanities and social sciences and now involves a proliferation of metanarratives about anthropogenic disruptions to systems that support life on this planet. This article develops an interpretive framework drawn from Hans Blumenberg's theories of myth and metaphor, philosop…
Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophical anthropology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Humanities and Social Sciences (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Normative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works)