Philosophical Anthropology in Recent Continental Thought

FAIN: FS-10802-78

Calvin Schrag
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN 47907-2040)

To examine current developments in philosophical anthropology: 1) limitations of traditional metaphysical concepts in their application to the being and behavior of man, 2) the requirement for a pre-objective understanding of the human body, 3) the intercalation of biological functioning and socio-historical development, 4) the role of myth and symbol and the problem of interpretation, and 5) the contribution of philosophical anthropology to the unification of the human sciences.