ABSTRACT
This, then, is the final volume of German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. Together with the sixteen thinkers discussed in the two previous volumes, the eight thinkers appearing here bring the total to twenty-four.1 Although this is a large number, there remain recognised philosophers whom I do not discuss in any of the three volumes. Analytic philosophy—an increasing presence in Germany largely due to the dominance of the English language—is conspicuous by its absence, as is neo-Kantianism. Despite its early roots in Germany and Austria, analytic philosophy is an essentially Anglophone phenomenon and so its non-appearance in a book about German philosophy should not be a surprise. The non-appearance of the neo-Kantians, however, merits explanation.
