Wilhelm Dilthey fue un historiador y filósofo alemán profundamente involucrado en cuestiones de metodología científica, evidencia histórica y el estatus de la historia como ciencia. Rechazando el idealismo predominante de su época, su enfoque empirista se diferenció significativamente del empirismo británico y el positivismo. Dilthey extrajo sus supuestos epistemológicos y ontológicos centrales de las tradiciones literarias y filosóficas alemanas, centrándose en la comprensión de la experiencia humana y los fenómenos históricos.
El concepto de la esencia de la filosofía expresaría la ley de formación que rige la génesis de cada sistema filosófico particular, y revelaría las relaciones de parentesco entre los hechos aislados que le están subordinados. Sólo es posible resolver este problema ideal suponiendo que en lo que designamos con el nombre de filosofía exista efectivamente tal contenido general, de manera que una ley de formación actúe en todos los casos particulares. «Y ésta es la hipótesis siempre que se habla de la esencia de la filosofía», escribe Dilthey, introduciéndonos en el tema. El pensamiento de Dilthey ha ejercido una influencia decisiva en la filosofía contemporánea, especialmente en la del espíritu, y ésta se ve crecer día a día. Hay una vuelta consciente a sus puntos de vista y, sobre todo, una callada y dilatada penetración de su influjo. La fecundidad de su enseñanza no da muestras de agotamiento.
Las ideas del pensador alemán y profesor en Berlín Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) han ejercido una influencia decisiva en la filosofía contemporánea, especialmente en la del espíritu. Integran el presente volumen, que lleva el título abarcativo de Poética, tres estudios de Dilthey, estrechamente afines por su contenido. El primero, La imaginación del poeta, que lleva por subtítulo «Materiales para una poética», apareció en Leipzig en 1887. Es, sin duda, una de las más profundas investigaciones sobre la creación artística; el genio de Dilthey, colmado de experiencia psicológica e histórica, ahonda con inimitable maestría en esa realidad al mismo tiempo tan concreta y tan etérea como es la imaginación creadora. El segundo estudio, Las tres épocas de la estética moderna y su problema actual (1892), es de carácter histórico: un capítulo de la historia de la estética trabajado en términos definitivos y con derivaciones hacia los más vivos problemas de esa disciplina. Completa el volumen un sugestivo trabajo sobre Imaginación poética y locura (1886). La obra lleva un límpido y agudo estudio preliminar del filósofo argentino Eugenio Pucciarelli.
La presente antología reúne los fragmentos de una inacabada Crítica de la razón histórica. Nuestra edición, pensada para la lectura y el estudio académico del pensamiento de Dilthey, aspira a presentar en una perspectiva de conjunto aquellos textos que permitan clarificar las líneas fundamentales y los puntos básicos del programa de investigación de Dilthey. En expresa alusión al compromiso crítico kantiano, nuestro autor calificó de Crítica de la razón histórica su proyecto renovador: fundamentación lógica, metodológica y gnoseológica de las ciencias del espíritu. Un estímulo, en definitiva, para la recuperación contemporánea del pensamiento de Dilthey y la profundización de su complejo universo intelectual.
This is the second volume in a six-volume translation of the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on Continental philosophy and a broad range of scholarly disciplines. In addition to his landmark works on the theories of history and the human sciences, Dilthey made important contributions to hermeneutics, phenomenology, aesthetics, psychology, and the methodology of the social sciences. This volume presents Dilthey's main theoretical works from the 1890s, the period between the Introduction to the Human Sciences and The Formation of the Historical World. A common thread of the writings included here is an interest in the relation between the self and the world. In "The Origin of Our Belief in the Reality of the External World and Its Justification," Dilthey argues that our engagement with the world is rooted in our practical drives and the resistance they meet. The basic nexus of our beliefs about reality is volitional rather than representational. The next essay, "Life and Cognition," examines the main categories with which we organize our experience of life into an understanding of the human world: selfsameness; doing and undergoing; and essentiality. These categorial relations are further articulated with the aid of Dilthey's structural psychology in ways that rival some of the insights of phenomenology. This occurs in "The Ideas for a Descriptive and Analytic Psychology." By focusing on how lived experience places everything in a temporal continuum that can be described and analyzed, Dilthey saw the opportunity to establish a structural psychology that could be of great use to the human sciences in general. In the final essay, "Contributions to the Study of Individuality," Dilthey attacks Windelband's thesis that the human sciences are idiographic. Many human sciences have systematic and structural aims that combine the study of uniformities with the examination of individuation. Applying the comparative method, Dilthey argues that living beings share many basic similarities within which typical variations tend to recur. For human individuation, however, the specification of the historical nexus is also essential.-- Provided by publisher
This book completes a landmark six-volume translation of the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on philosophy, hermeneutics, and the theory of the human sciences. These volumes make available to English readers texts that represent the full range of Dilthey's work.-- Provided by publisher
Dilthey's work presents a profound exploration of historical understanding through a refined critique of historical reason. It opens with three foundational studies that adapt Husserlian ideas to articulate the essential structures of consciousness. This volume highlights Dilthey's mature philosophical insights, emphasizing the interplay between human experience and historical interpretation.
"Introduction to the Human Sciences carries forward a projected six-volume translation series of the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911)--a philosopher and historian of culture who has had a strong and continuing influence on twentieth-century Continental philosophy as well as a broad range of other scholarly disciplines. In addition to his landmark works on the theories of history and the human sciences, Dilthey made important contributions to hermeneutics and phenomenology, aesthetics, psychology, and the methodology of the social sciences. The Selected Works will make accessible to English-speaking readers the full range of Dilthey's thought, including some historical essays and literary criticism. The series provides translations of complete texts, together with editorial notes, and contains manuscript materials that are currently being published for the first time in Germany. This volume brings together the various parts of the Introduction to the Human Sciences published separately in the German edition. Rudolf Makkreel and Frithjof Rodi have underscored the systematic character of Dilthey's theory of the human sciences by translating the bulk of Dilthey's first volume (published in 1883) and his important drafts for the never-completed second volume"--Publisher description
Focusing on hermeneutics, this volume presents three significant works by Wilhelm Dilthey, highlighting his influence on Continental philosophy. It includes his 1860 prize essay, a lecture-based exploration from 1867-68, and a historical overview from 1900 tracing hermeneutics back to Hellenistic Greece. Additionally, the book features previously untranslated addenda where Dilthey discusses philosophical challenges in hermeneutics and envisions a synthesis of understanding and explanation, showcasing his pivotal role in shaping interpretive philosophy.
The fifth volume in a comprehensive six-volume translation showcases the significant contributions of Wilhelm Dilthey, a pivotal figure in philosophy and cultural history. Renowned for his influential theories on history and the human sciences, Dilthey's work extends into hermeneutics, phenomenology, aesthetics, psychology, and social science methodology. His writings continue to shape twentieth-century Continental philosophy and various academic fields, reflecting his lasting impact on intellectual discourse.
Offers Dilthey's mature and best formulation of his "Critique of Historical Reason". This volume deals with three "Studies Toward the Foundation of the Human Sciences," in which Dilthey refashions Husserlian concepts to describe the basic structures of consciousness relevant to historical understanding.
