In Defence of Objectivity

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-43669-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

This volume addresses the interlocking themes of realism, objectivity, existentialism and (eco-socialist) politics, based on critical realism. However, it moves beyond the purely scientific orientation of earlier contributions to this philosophy, to further develop the themes.The title essay defends objectivity in science, everyday knowledge, and ethics, and examines both subjective idealism and existentialist critiques of objectivity. The other essays examine some of the same themes but from different angles, keeping the politics of the issues at the forefront.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collier, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 19. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1 The inorganic body and the ambiguity of freedom; Chapter 2 Value, rationality and the environment; Chapter 3 Unhewn demonstrations; Chapter 4 Critical realism and the heritage of the Enlightenment; Chapter 5 On slave rebellions in morals; Chapter 6 The right rebellion in the wrong cause; Chapter 7 Sartre: intimations of authenticity; Chapter 8 Sartre's mistaken approach to Marxism; Chapter 9 Berdyaev's socialism; Part 2; Chapter 10 In defence of objectivity; Index;

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Collier is a member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. His previous publications addressed socialist thought or critical realism or both: most recently Being and Worth extends realism to ethics and Christianity and Marxism aims to reconcile these two world views.