Continental Philosophy of Science

This book fills a lacuna in British philosophy of science texts, where little if any attention is paid to currents of thought in Continental Europe unless one happens to be in a modern languages department. Among the better-known philosophers covered are Hegel, Bergson, Cassirer, Husserl, Heidegger, Foucault and Habermas. Fewer readers will have heard ot Irigaray and Canguilhem. The format presents an essay about the philosopher followed by an edited extract from his writings. The piece on Bergson is well worth reading, containing as it does a discussion of his (sic) 'spiritualist' metaphysics. Although Bergson was interested in psychical research, the word here denotes a contrast with 'materialist'. His own piece explains his views on psychophysical parallelism. Not a book for the generalist, but those with a background in philosophy of science will find it fascinating.