Philosophical Anthropology An Introduction

includes index and biblioraphy

The anthropological problem .........23 1. The fundamental dimensions of Human Existence ........33 A. To be a human being means to be with others: Inter subjectivity ........36 From Egologia to the Interpersonal Dimension .......36 The constitutive rapport with other human subjects ....39 To be with others and for others ......42 Love of others and love for others ........47 Fundamental forms of inter-subjectivity ...49 2. The corporeal existence of Human being The fact of Corporeal existence ......57 Inadequacy of anthropological dualism ..........68 The significance of the human body ..............75 The fundamental equality of Man and Woman ..84 3. The world as fundamental dimension of the Human Being Belongingness to the world in Confrontation with the modern science .....93 The world as society and culture ....102 Insufficiency of Anthropological Materialism ....106 Fundamental dimensions of Being in the world ..111 Human being as spirit .....117 B. Human Existence as appeal and Task ............123 4. The mystery of Knowledge and of Truth The nature of Human knowldge ...126 5. Human action, values and Freedom Human Action and will ........154 Appeal to values .......156 Freedom in human existence................173 Limited and situated freedom .......183 Freedom and liberation ......190 C. Boundaries of existence and prospectives of Hope ...............198 Failure and evil : As human problem ..........200 Death: Fundamental problem of Human Existenece ...................221 Death and the Prospective of Hope .........239 The concept of human being in the hindu philosophy ...........258 The concept of human being in Buddhism .......292 The corporeal Existence of Human Being ......57