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Frederick A. Olafson is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.

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from Amazon :: Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the "scientific world-view" cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings. Drawing on sources including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl and Sartre, Olafson exposes the limits of naturalism and stresses the importance of serious philosophical investigation of human nature.
 
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edtree | 1 outra resenha | Feb 17, 2007 |
from Amazon :: Naturalism and the Human Condition is a compelling account of why naturalism, or the "scientific world-view" cannot provide a full account of who and what we are as human beings. Drawing on sources including Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl and Sartre, Olafson exposes the limits of naturalism and stresses the importance of serious philosophical investigation of human nature.
 
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leese | 1 outra resenha | Nov 23, 2009 |
"Professor Olafson is one of the most illuminating, lucid, and intelligent commentators on Existentialist philosophy. This is a book which should be read by everyone who is interested in the historical origins, the wider affinities or the present states of Existentialist thought.”- Philosophical Quarterly

"...a searching, engaging, and discerning book of many accomplishments – a book which, as a important work of Existentialist reconstruction, is likely to lead the reader to a deeper understanding of the development and implications of Existentialism and to leave him with a number multitude of significant questions.” – International Philosophical Quarterly… (mais)
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9
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104
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3
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