Beyond Objectivism And Relativism
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Beyond Objectivism And Relativism
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Author : Richard J. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-09-16
Beyond Objectivism And Relativism written by Richard J. Bernstein and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-16 with Philosophy categories.
Drawing freely and expertly from Continental and analytic traditions, Richard Bernstein examines a number of debates and controversies exemplified in the works of Gadamer, Habermas, Rorty, and Arendt. He argues that a "new conversation" is emerging about human rationality—a new understanding that emphasizes its practical character and has important ramifications both for thought and action.
Beyond Epistemology
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Author : Sharyn Clough
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2003
Beyond Epistemology written by Sharyn Clough and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Literary Criticism categories.
Feminist thinkers have been critically examining science for over a century; but who critiques the criticism?
Praxis And Action
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Author : Richard Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1971-10
Praxis And Action written by Richard Bernstein and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-10 with Philosophy categories.
From the Introduction: This inquiry is concerned with the themes of praxis and action in four philosophic movements: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy. It is rare that these four movements are considered in a single inquiry, for there are profound differences of emphasis, focus, terminology, and approach represented by these styles of thought. Many philosophers believe that similarities among these movements are superficial and that a close examination of them will reveal only hopelessly unbridgeable cleavages. While respecting the genuine fundamental differences of these movements, this inquiry is undertaken in the spirit of showing that there are important common themes and motifs in what first appears to be a chaotic babble of voices. I intend to show that the concern with man as an agent has been a primary focal point of each of these movements and further that each contributes something permanent and important to our understanding of the nature and context of human activity.
The Structure Of Scientific Theories
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Author : Frederick Suppe
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1977
The Structure Of Scientific Theories written by Frederick Suppe and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Philosophy categories.
''A clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary philosophy of science.'' -- American Scientist ''The best account of scientific theory now available, one that surely commends itself to every philosopher of science with the slightest interest in metaphysics.'' -- Review of Mathematics ''It should certainly be of interest to those teaching graduate courses in philosophy of science and to scientists wishing to gain a further appreciation of the approach used by philosophers of science.'' -- Science Activities
Fear Of Knowledge
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Author : Paul Boghossian
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2007-10-11
Fear Of Knowledge written by Paul Boghossian and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-11 with Philosophy categories.
The academic world has been plagued in recent years by scepticism about truth and knowledge. Paul Boghossian, in his long-awaited first book, sweeps away relativist claims that there is no such thing as objective truth or knowledge, but only truth or knowledge from a particular perspective. He demonstrates clearly that such claims don't even make sense. Boghossian focuses on three different ways of reading the claim that knowledge is socially constructed - one as a thesis about truth and two about justification. And he rejects all three. The intuitive, common-sense view is that there is a way things are that is independent of human opinion, and that we are capable of arriving at belief about how things are that is objectively reasonable, binding on anyone capable of appreciating the relevant evidence regardless of their social or cultural perspective. Difficult as these notions may be, it is a mistake to think that recent philosophy has uncovered powerful reasons for rejecting them. This short, lucid, witty book shows that philosophy provides rock-solid support for common sense against the relativists; it will prove provocative reading throughout the discipline and beyond.
The Cambridge Companion To Gadamer
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Author : Robert J. Dostal
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-21
The Cambridge Companion To Gadamer written by Robert J. Dostal and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-21 with Philosophy categories.
The most convenient and accessible guide to Gadamer currently available.
The Problem Of Relativism In The Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge
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Author : Richard Schantz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-02
The Problem Of Relativism In The Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge written by Richard Schantz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-02 with Philosophy categories.
This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical and systematic points of view. Among the contributors are Maria Baghramian, Barry Barnes, Martin Endreß, Hubert Knoblauch, Richard Schantz and Harvey Siegel.
Objectivity Relativism And Truth Volume 1
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Author : Richard Rorty
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1990-11-30
Objectivity Relativism And Truth Volume 1 written by Richard Rorty and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-11-30 with Philosophy categories.
Richard Rorty's collected papers, written during the 1980s and now published in two volumes, take up some of the issues which divide Anglo-Saxon analytic philosophers and contemporary French and German philosophers and offer something of a compromise - agreeing with the latter in their criticisms of traditional notions of truth and objectivity, but disagreeing with them over the political implications they draw from dropping traditional philosophical doctrines. In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary for inquiry is explicated in terms of the moral virtues of scientific communities rather than in terms of a special scientific method. The volume concludes with reflections on the relation of social democratic politics to philosophy.
A Refutation Of Moral Relativism
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Author : Peter Kreeft
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2009-12-04
A Refutation Of Moral Relativism written by Peter Kreeft and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-04 with Religion categories.
No issue is more fateful for civilization than moral relativism. History knows not one example of a successful society which repudiated moral absolutes. Yet most attacks on relativism have been either pragmatic (looking at its social consequences) or exhorting (preaching rather than proving), and philosophers' arguments against it have been specialized, technical, and scholarly. In his typical unique writing style, Peter Kreeft lets an attractive, honest, and funny relativist interview a "Muslim fundamentalist" absolutist so as not to stack the dice personally for absolutism. In an engaging series of personal interviews, every conceivable argument the "sassy Black feminist" reporter Libby gives against absolutism is simply and clearly refuted, and none of the many arguments for moral absolutism is refuted.
Beyond Positivism And Relativism
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Author : Larry Laudan
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1996-02-08
Beyond Positivism And Relativism written by Larry Laudan and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-02-08 with Philosophy categories.
With the decline of logical positivism after 1950, much work in the philosophy of science has careened toward an uncritical relativistic approach. Many scholars, faced with a choice between a narrowly restrictive positivism and an “anything goes” relativism, have sought to find a middle path in the debate.In this collection of papers, several of which appear here for the first time, Larry Laudan argues that resolving this dilemma involves not some centrist compromise position but rather a conception of scientific knowledge that goes beyond both positivism and relativism. This conception must begin with the rejection of assumptions about knowledge that these apparently opposed positions hold in common. Relativism, for Laudan, is a particularly self-defeating form of neopositivism.In showing the connections between these two approaches and clarifying the positions of such influential philosophers as Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, Laudan does the great service of laying the foundation for an account of science that rejects the errors of positivism without providing aid and comfort to the enemies of reason. He also takes a fresh look at many other central issues of scientific philosophy, including the science/non-science demarcation, the underdetermination of theory by evidence, and the contested role of social factors in the legitimation of scientific knowledge. Beyond Positivism and Relativism is a major statement about the nature of science and evidence that will command the interest of philosophers of science, epistemologists, sociologists of knowledge, and all who are seriously concerned about science, scientific progress, and the implications for knowledge in many other fields.