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Found 2 comments on A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism (Topics In Historical Philosophy):

u/iunoionnis ยท 9 pointsr/askphilosophy

I mean, it sounds like you are asking for a book about the relationship between continental philosophy and the views of analytic philosophers.

You might try Lee Braver's book, A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism.

https://www.amazon.com/Thing-This-World-Continental-Anti-Realism/dp/0810123800

Braver treats the thinkers you have mentioned while comparing them to some of the analytic ideas about epistemology you have mentioned. I haven't read all of it yet, but I think you might dig it.

It's also a lot better, I think, than some of the more "pragmatic" attempts to appropriate continental philosophy, at least in terms of actually trying to understand these thinkers on their own terms and then compare them to analytic points of view. At least, that's my impression from the sections I have read.

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There are also tons of books dealing with Heidegger's definitions of truth, and I would imagine some of them take into account analytic terminology. Heidegger, for one thing, opposes the correspondence theory of truth. I don't know, however, whether his theory of truth fits those theories of truth, or really any theories of truth.

I don't know of any serious analytic treatments of Derrida. Braver's book might be your best bet here, although I haven't yet read his section on Derrida.

As for Hegel, look at Robert Brandom's work. It's not the most orthodox reading of Hegel, but it uses analytic terminology and is definitely interesting.

For Nietzsche, there's actually a ton of analytic work on Nietzsche that might be able to help you figure out which of the "isms" he fits into. Unfortunately, I haven't read any of it, but it definitely exists.

This post on my blog (sorry for self-promotion) has links to three of Brandom's YouTube lectures on Hegel, his website, and his book on Hegel (which he has made available for free on his website. It also has links to three lectures by Zizek critiquing Brandom's reading: http://cmbodayle.tumblr.com/post/161443561639/slavoj-zizek-hegelian-battles-3-lectures

u/kuinerb ยท 1 pointr/askphilosophy

Finding a book that provides a comprehensive overview that everyone agrees on is going to be tricky because the interpretations in question are often a live scholarly issue. Nevertheless, I thought Lee Braver's [A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism] (http://www.amazon.com/Thing-This-World-Continental-Anti-Realism/dp/0810123800) did an admirable job in situating major continental figures in relation to each other on the question of realism and to who Braver argues are their analytic counterparts. Even if you ultimately reject his thesis, it should help clarify their respective positions.

Here's a reading group discussion on the book that the author participated in, which will hopefully give you a sense of what the book is about.