Gary Gutting,
Gary (University of Notre Dame, Indiana) Gutting
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1999
9780521649735
Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity
Specificaties
Paperback, 212 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 1999
ISBN13: 9780521649735
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Modern European Phil
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Samenvatting
In this book Gary Gutting offers a powerful account of the nature of human reason in modern times. The fundamental question addressed by the book is what authority human reason can still claim once it is acknowledged that our fundamental metaphysical and religious pictures of the world no longer command allegiance. If ethics and science remain sources of authority what is the basis of that authority? Gutting develops answers to these questions through critical analysis of the work of three dominant philosophical voices in our time: Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Charles Taylor. His own position is defined as 'pragmatic liberalism'.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521649735
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:212
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Modern European Phil
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: the question of modernity; Part I. Richard Rorty: The Rudiments of Pragmatic Liberalism: 1. The philosophy of representations; 2. Knowledge without representations; 3. Justification as a social practice; 4. The problem of truth; 5. Davidsonian therapy; 6. Truth and science; 7. Ethics without foundations; 8. Liberal ironism; Part II. Alasdaire MacIntyre: A Modern Malgre Lui: 1. MacIntyre's critique of the enlightenment; 2. Which enlightenment?; 3. In defense of enlightenment humanism; 4. The lure of tradition; 5. The tradition of the virtues; 6. MacIntyre and modernity; 7. MacIntyre versus pragmatic liberalism; Part III. Charles Taylor: An Augustinian Modern: 1. Taylor's historical project; 2. Locke and the radical enlightenment; 3. The primacy of everyday life; 4. Beyond the enlightenment: evil, romanticism, and poetic truth; 5. Taylor's critique of naturalism; 6. Williams and objectivity; 7. Naturalism and hypergoods: pragmatic liberalism; Conclusion.
