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Postmodern philosophy is for the most part an outgrowth of Continental philosophy, and is heavily influenced by Heiddegger and Nietzsche. The later Wittgenstein is also very influencial. It is generally characterized by a rejection of the Enlightenment project, especially its claim to progress through the accumulation of positive knowledge. It is more specifically characterized by a rejection of metaphysics and a of humanism. Although many critics therefore characterize postmodernist philosophy as a form of nihilism, postmodernists themselves generally see theres as a liberatory philosophy. |
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Postmodern philosophy is for the most part an outgrowth of Continental philosophy, and is heavily influenced by Heidegger and Friedrich Nietzsche. The later Ludwig Wittgenstein is also very influencial. It is generally characterized by a rejection of the Enlightenment project, especially its claim to progress through the accumulation of positive knowledge. It is more specifically characterized by a rejection of metaphysics and a of humanism. Although many critics therefore characterize postmodernist philosophy as a form of nihilism, postmodernists themselves generally see their's as a liberatory philosophy. Some people have identified postmodern philosophy with relativism, although postmodern philosophy makes more, and more specific, claims than relativism (most important, most postmodernist philosophers locate postmodernity historically; it is not a purely abstract or logical argument). |
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The philosopher Jacques Derrida, and the historian Michel Foucault, are also often cited as postmodern philosophers, although each has rejected the others views. Like Lyotard, both are skeptical of absolute or universal truth-claims. Unlike Lyotard, they are (or seem) rather more pessimistic about the emancipatory claims of any new language-game; thus some would characterize them as post-structuralis? rather than postmodernist. |
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The philosopher Jacques Derrida, and the historian Michel Foucault, are also often cited as postmodern philosophers, although each has rejected the other's views. Like Lyotard, both are skeptical of absolute or universal truth-claims. Unlike Lyotard, they are (or seem) rather more pessimistic about the emancipatory claims of any new language-game; thus some would characterize them as post-structuralist rather than postmodernist. |
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