Books by Tom (Duquesne University) Rockmore

Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In this title, the author argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered.

This text argues that political Marxist influence obscures, transforms, distorts, and renders inaccessible Marx's basic philosophical insights. It concentrates on recovering Marx's philosophical ideas not in opposition to, but rather within the larger, Hegelian framework.

In Kant's Wake evaluates the four main trends in philosophy in the twentieth century - Marxism, Anglo-American analytic, American pragmatism, and continental philosophy - and argues that all four evolved in reaction to Kant's fascinating and demanding philosophy.