Cousin and the Problem of Metaphysics

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Abstract

"Is there or is there not absolute truth?" This introductory essay gives an account of Victor Cousin's answer to this question and, through it, his account of the possibility of metaphysics. It reconstructs his "theory of absolute truths" as set out in his early lecture courses, summarised and revised in the Prefaces to Philosophical Fragments and then repurposed in his later spiritualist manuals.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVictor Cousin
Subtitle of host publicationPhilosophical Fragments
EditorsDelphine Antoine-Mahut, Daniel Whistler
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages45-56
ISBN (Print)9780198866268
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2024

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