Science, Practice, Language, and the Return of Human Use: The Contradictions of Philosophy's Contradictions - Book Two

Science, Practice, Language, and the Return of Human Use examines a central problem of modern philosophy: how can knowledge remain connected to human life when science, technical systems, and increasingly powerful forms of mediation reshape the way we understand and act in the world?

Moving from the philosophy of science to practice, language, meaning, and human use, Ma Lin explores both the achievements and the limits of modern philosophical attempts to secure knowledge through method, theo...