Intuition and Ideality
Author | : David Weissman |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1987-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781438423753 |
ISBN-13 | : 1438423756 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book shows how idealism is a consequence of the intuitionist method. Idealism develops from mental content inspected by mind, or as mind characterizing itself. Weissman declares that the idea of an independent world, of a nature whose character and existence are independent of mind, cannot be recovered until we repudiate the intuitionist method. This psycho-centric ontology has been pervasive in Western philosophy since Parmenides and Plato. Intuition and Ideality characterizes its varieties, dialectical cycles, and idealist consequences. What is required is a method that is speculative and testable—a method that makes speculation responsible by testability. Weissman characterizes such a hypothetical method, and he describes some of the categorical features that are discovered in the world as this alternative method is used.