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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521317495

ISBN-139780521317498

eBay Product ID (ePID)118396

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePhilosophical Papers Vol. 2 : Philosophy and the Human Sciences

Publication Year1985

SubjectGeneral, Logic

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy

AuthorCharles Taylor

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight18.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN84-017056

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal300/.1

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Philosophy and Social Science: 1. Interpretation and the sciences of man; 2. Neutrality in political science; 3. Social theory as practice; 4. Understanding and ethnocentricity; 5. Rationality; 6. Foucault on freedom and truth; Part II. Political Philosophy: 7. Atomism; 8. What's wrong with negative liberty; 9. The diversity of goods; 10. Legitimation crisis?; 11. The nature and scope of distributive justice; 12. Kant's theory of freedom; Index.

SynopsisA selection of published papers is presented here in two volumes, structured to indicate the direction and essential unity of the work., Charles Taylor has been one of the most original and influential figures in contemporary philosophy: his 'philosophical anthropology' spans an unusually wide range of theoretical interests and draws creatively on both Anglo-American and Continental traditions in philosophy. A selection of his published papers is presented here in two volumes, structured to indicate the direction and essential unity of the work. He starts from a polemical concern with behaviourism and other reductionist theories (particularly in psychology and the philosophy of language) which aim to model the study of man on the natural sciences. This leads to a general critique of naturalism, its historical development and its importance for modern culture and consciousness; and that in turn points, forward to a positive account of human agency and the self, the constitutive role of language and value, and the scope of practical reason. The volumes jointly present some two decades of work on these fundamental themes, and convey strongly the tenacity, verve and versatility of the author in grappling with them. They will interest a very wide range of philosophers and students of the human sciences., Charles Taylor has been one of the most original and influential figures in contemporary philosophy: his 'philosophical anthropology' spans an unusually wide range of theoretical interests and draws creatively on both Anglo-American and Continental traditions in philosophy.

LC Classification NumberB63 .T39 1985