Böcker av Tom Rockmore

Distinguished scholar and philosopher Tom Rockmore examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussionidealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, he surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. He argues that Kant provides the all-important link between three main types of idealism: those associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and German idealism. The author also makes a case for the contemporary relevance of at least one strand in the tangled idealist web, a strand most clearly identified with Kant: constructivism. In terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism.

Rockmore rescues Marx from Marxism, treating the man's ideas separately from what was later made of them and bringing a refreshingly balanced approach to both.

In this new volume, On Constructivist Epistemology, Rockmore traces the idea of constructivism and then proposes the outlines of an original constructivist approach to knowledge, building on the work of such thinkers as Hobbes, Vico, and Kant.

Focussing on Johann Gottlieb Fichte's contributions in political theory as set out in his "Foundations of Natural Right", the essays in this book examine issues such as Fichte as a social contract theorist, his theory of gender relations, and his theories on punishment and the criminal law.

In ancient times, the main approaches to metaphysical realism were intuitive. In modern times, foundationalism has replaced intuition as the main strategy to make out metaphysical realist claims to know. In On Foundationalism, Rockmore argues that foundationalism fails in all its known variants.

This work traces the way in which Heidegger's theory has redefined and determined the nature of philosophical debate in France. It investigates how philosophers from Sartre to Derrida, and Lacoue-Labarthe have adopted his thinking; and examines the relationship with his right-wing politics.