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The Ends of Philosophy
Pragmatism, Foundationalism and Postmodernism
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Artikel-Nr:
9780631234050
Veröffentl:
2002
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.04.2002
Seiten:
448
Autor:
Lawrence E Cahoone
Gewicht:
628 g
Format:
229x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lawrence E. Cahoone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross. He is author of The Dilemma of Modernity (1989) and Civil Society: The Conservative Meaning of Liberal Politics (Blackwell 2002), and editor of From Modernism to Postmodernism (Second edition, Blackwell 2002).
This book engages the confrontation between the foundationalist aims of traditional philosophy, the postmodern critique, and the pragmatic attempt to maintain a form of non-foundational inquiry. Through readings of the work of Peirce, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Buchler, Derrida, Rorty, and others, the author examines the nature and scope of philosophical knowledge.
Preface. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. The Question of Philosophy. 2. Realism and Philosophical Knowledge. 3. Peirce's (Anti) Realism. 4. Nonfoundational Realism. 5. Nietzsche's Naturalistic Epistemology. 6. Wittgenstein's Social Relativism. 7. Buchler's Objective Relativism. 8. Derrida's Semiotic Relativism. 9. Rorty's Antiphilosophical Pragmatism. 10. The Ends of Philosophy. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.