Overcoming epistemology; the validity of transcendental arguments; explanation and practical reason; lichtung or lebensform - parallels between Heidegger and Wittgenstein; the importance of Herder; Heidegger, language and ecology; irreducibly social goods; comparison, history, truth; to follow a rule; cross-purposes - the Liberal-Communitarian debate; invoking civil society; the politics of recognition; Liberal politics and the public sphere.
[This] book is structured by a tightly knit agenda, one in which
the form and function of philosophical reasoning itself are at
stake. This is not just a collection "of" philosophical arguments.
It is a series of medications "about" the ability of reason to
carry out tasks assigned to it since the beginnings of Western
philosophy.--Nicholas H. Smith "Philosophy and Social Criticism
"
A deeply engaging collection...[Taylor] combines a practical
interest in current political topics...with a continuing quest for
the deepest meanings of language, knowledge, and human
beings.--Stan Persky "Toronto Globe and Mail "
Among the leading philosophers of our time, Charles Taylor stands
out for the sheer breadth of his interests and
influence...Illuminating and rewarding.--David Miller "Times
Literary Supplement "
Taylor is a highly distinctive thinker...a figure of very broad
intellectual (and indeed emotional and political) sympathies and
interests.--John Dunn "Times Higher Education Supplement "
The book is really a showcase for Taylor's wide-ranging interests,
which include not only such mainstream philosophical concerns as
the nature and validity of reason but topical issues such as
ecology, welfare, social justice, and cultural diversity, among
others. In all of these, Taylor brings his fine philosophical
sensibility to bear, adapting insights from Hegel, Herder,
Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and contemporary philosophers.--Leon H.
Brody "Library Journal "
This is a splendid book, perhaps Charles Taylor's best so far, and
that is high praise...[T]his is an instructively organized and
coherent book. Three introductory essays advance theses about
philosophical enquiry; then follow three that pursue enquiry thus
defined into the nature of language and its place in human life;
the next three draw on the findings of that enquiry in order to
characterize key aspects of social activity and relationships; and
the final four essays bring that characterization to bear upon
issues of political philosophy.--Alasdair MacIntyre "Philosophical
Quarterly "
and the final four essays bring that characterization to bear upon
issues of political philosophy.
philosophical arguments. It is a series of medications "about" the
ability of reason to carry out tasks assigned to it since the
beginnings of Western philosophy.
social justice, and cultural diversity, among others. In all of
these, Taylor brings his fine philosophical sensibility to bear,
adapting insights from Hegel, Herder, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, and
contemporary philosophers.
ÝThis¨ book is structured by a tightly knit agenda, one in which
the form and function of philosophical reasoning itself are at
stake. This is not just a collection "of" philosophical arguments.
It is a series of medications "about" the ability of reason to
carry out tasks assigned to it since the beginnings of Western
philosophy. -- Nicholas H. Smith "Philosophy and Social
Criticism"
A deeply engaging collection...ÝTaylor¨ combines a practical
interest in current political topics...with a continuing quest for
the deepest meanings of language, knowledge, and human beings. --
Stan Persky "Toronto Globe and Mail"
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