After The Demise Of The Tradition: Rorty, Critical Theory, And The Fate Of Philosophy

by Kai Nielsen

Overview

This book presents a chain of argument as well as a conversation conducted in the presence of the major contributors to the "end-of-philosophy" debate: the critics of the dominantly Platonic-Cartesian-Kantian tradition and its defenders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367165703
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2022
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nielsen, Kai

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements -- The Tradition -- Subjecting the Tradition to Stress -- Rorty and the Self-Image of Philosophy -- How to Be Skeptical About Philosophy -- The Tradition in Retreat -- On Being Ontologically Unserious -- Wittgenstein, Wittgensteinians, and the End of Philosophy -- New Directions -- Can There Be Progress in Philosophy? -- Scientism, Pragmatism, and the Fate of Philosophy -- Searching for an Emancipatory Perspective: Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Hermeneutical Circle -- Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Transformation of Philosophy -- In Defense of Wide Reflective Equilibrium

Editorial Reviews

Addresses the "end-of-philosophy" debate and the challenge it presents to contemporary philosophy. Drawing on Wittgenstein, Quine, Davidson, Habermas, and Foucault, among others, Nielsen develops the implications of Richard Rorty's arguments in particular and provides an original and constructive response. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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