Gary Gutting

Pragmatic Liberalism and the Critique of Modernity

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Produktbeschreibung

Gary Gutting offers a powerful account of the nature of human reason in modern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780521640138
• ISBN-10: 052164013X
• Artikelnr.: 29337410

Inhaltsangabe

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.