Margaret Archer / William Outhwaite (eds.)

Defending Objectivity

Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier
Herausgeber: Archer, Margaret; Outhwaite, William

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following: * objectivity of value * objectivity and everyday knowledge * objectivity in political economy * objectivity and reflexivity * objectivity postmodernism and feminism * objectivity and nature The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780415338233
• ISBN-10: 0415338239
• Artikelnr.: 22415861

Autorenporträt

Margaret Archer, William Outhwaite

Inhaltsangabe

Encounters with Andrew Collier 1. Roy Bhaskar, A Considerable Realist: A
Personal and Intellectual Tribute to Andrew Collier2. Ruth Merttens ,
Losing the Plot Critiques of Counter-Objectivity 3. Ray Monk , Objectivity,
Postmodernism and Biographical Understanding: Andrew Collier on R. D.
Laing4. Douglas V. Porpora , Objectivity and Phallogocentrism The
Objectivity of Value 5. Alison Assiter , The Objectivity of Value6. John
O'Neil , Commerce and the Language of Value7. Andrew Sayer , Restoring the
Moral dimension in Social Scientific Accounts: A Qualified Ethical
Naturalist Approach Objectivity and Everyday Knowledge 8. Margaret S.
Archer , Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge9. Justin Cruickshank ,
Practical Knowledge and Realism: Linking Andrew Collier on Lay Knowledge to
Karl Popper on the Philosophy of Science10. Jonathan Joseph , Being and
Knowledge Objectivity and Materialism 11. Jolyon Agar, Towards
Objectivity: From Kant to Marx12. Christopher J. Arthur , The
Contradictions of Capital13. Phil Warden , Understanding Objectivity in a
Material World Objectivity and Reflexivity 14. Alan Montefiore , Reason and
its Self-Undoing?15. William Outwaite , Intentional and Reflexive
Objectivity: Some Reflections Objectivity and Nature 16. Ted Benton ,
Realism about the Value of Nature? Andrew Collier's Environmental
Philosophy17. Kate Soper , Objectivity, Experience and the Aesthetic of
Nature