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Beyond Objectivism and Relativism : Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis / Richard J. Bernstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780812211658
  • 9780812205503
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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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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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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