{"product_id":"beyond-objectivism-and-relativism-9780812211658","title":"Beyond Objectivism and Relativism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating and timely treatment of the objectivism versus relativism debates occurring in philosophy of science, literary theory, the social sciences, political science, and elsewhere.\" * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb book. It combines two strong qualities rarely seen together: it makes an insightful and extremely valuable contribution to the philosophical issues on a central matter [and] is at the cutting edge of the subject.\" * Charles Taylor *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE. BEYOND OBJECTIVISM AND RELATIVISM: AN OVERVIEW\u003cbr\u003e Objectivism and Relativism\u003cbr\u003e The Cartesian Anxiety\u003cbr\u003e Postempiricist Philosophy and History of Science\u003cbr\u003e The Idea of a Social Science\u003cbr\u003e The Recovery of the Hermeneutical Dimension of Science\u003cbr\u003e Philosophic Hermeneutics: A Primordial Mode of Being\u003cbr\u003e Hermeneutics and Praxis\u003cbr\u003e Political Judgment and Practical Discourse\u003cbr\u003e Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO. SCIENCE, RATIONALITY, AND INCOMMENSURABILITY\u003cbr\u003e The Practical Rationality of Theory-Choice\u003cbr\u003e Kuhn and His Critics: The Common Ground\u003cbr\u003e The Development of the Philosophy of Science\u003cbr\u003e Incommensurability and the Natural Sciences\u003cbr\u003e Incommensurability and the Social Disciplines\u003cbr\u003e PART THREE. FROM HERMENEUTICS TO PRAXIS\u003cbr\u003e The Cartesian Legacy\u003cbr\u003e Truth and the Experience of Art\u003cbr\u003e Understanding and Prejudice\u003cbr\u003e The Hermeneutical Circle\u003cbr\u003e Temporal Distance, Effective-Historical Consciousness, and the Fusion of Horizons\u003cbr\u003e Application: The Rediscovery of the Fundamental Hermeneutical Problem\u003cbr\u003e The Movement Beyond Philosophic Hermeneutics\u003cbr\u003e Philosophic Hermeneutics and the Cartesian Anxiety\u003cbr\u003e PART FOUR. PRAXIS, PRACTICAL DISCOURSE, AND JUDGMENT\u003cbr\u003e A Historical Interlude\u003cbr\u003e Practical Discourse: Habermas\u003cbr\u003e Rorty's Metacritique\u003cbr\u003e Judgment: Arendt\u003cbr\u003e Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: The Practical Task\u003cbr\u003e NOTES\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX. A LETTER BY PROFESSOR HANS-GEORG GADAMER\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e SUBJECT INDEX\u003cbr\u003e INDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405687988567,"sku":"9780812211658","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812211658.jpg?v=1730493281","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-objectivism-and-relativism-9780812211658","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}