Philosophy for Architects (Architecture Briefs)

✍ Scribed by Branko Mitrovic

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Philosophy for Architects is an engaging and easy-to-grasp introduction to philosophical questions of interest to students of architectural theory. Topics include Aristotle's theories of "visual imagination" and their relevance to digital design, the problem of optical correction as explored by Plato, Hegel's theory of zeitgeist, and Kant's examinations of space and aesthetics, among others. Focusing primarily on nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy, it provides students with a wider perspective concerning philosophical problems that come up in contemporary architectural debates.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
I. Plato
II. Aristotle
III. The Rise of Modernity
IV. Immanuel Kant
V. Romanticism and Historicism
VI. Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
VII. Philosophes and Philosophers
VIII. Analytic Philosophy
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index