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G. A. Rauche

2 Publikationen

The abdication of philosophy — the abdication of man

G. A. Rauche

Springer - Berlin

1974

We live in a time of functionalism, operationalism and technologism with all its levelling, depersonalising and dehumanising effects. In such an age, the question arises of philosophy as critical, reflective theory about the world, man's position and purpose in the world and the relationship between philosophy and man as a free individual.

Contemporary philosophical alternatives and the crisis of truth

G. A. Rauche

Springer - Berlin

1970

The function of philosophy may be circumscribed as consisting in ma­ king a keen analysis of the peculiar nature of the crisis-situation, as it has existed among men throughout the centuries of human history, and as it manifested itself in definite ways at the various stages of this his­ tory. That is to say, philosophy may be regarded as the discipline which, again and again, will have to determine the authenticity of man's ex­ istence in the light of the changing conditions of life, i.

2 Publikationen