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1 online resource |
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-- Frontmatter -- -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART One: BEYOND OBJECTIVISM AND RELATIVISM: AN OVERVIEW -- PART Two: SCIENCE, RATIONALITY, AND INCOMMENSURABILITY -- PART THREE FROM HERMENEUTICS TO PRAXIS -- PART FOUR: PRAXIS, PRACTICAL DISCOURSE, AND JUDGMENT -- NOTES -- APPENDIX. A Letter by Professor Hans-Georg Gadamer -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SUBJECT INDEX -- INDEX OF NAMES |
| Summary |
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 |
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In English |
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Hermeneutics.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Objectivity.
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Relativity.
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Practice (Philosophy)
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hermeneutics.
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Hermeneutics.
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Objectivity.
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Practice (Philosophy)
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Relativity.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1283890372 |
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9781283890373 |
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9780812205503 |
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0812205502 |
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