Husserl And The Question Of Relativism

Author : G. Soffer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401131780

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Husserl and the Question of Relativism by G. Soffer Pdf

The question of relativism is a perennial one, and as fundamental and far reaching as the question of truth itself. Is truth absolute and universal, the same everywhere and for everyone? Or is truth historically, culturally, biologically, or otherwise relative, varying from one epoch or species to another? Although the issues surrounding relativism have attracted especially intense interest of late, they continue to spark heated controversies and to pose problems lacking an obvious resolution. On the side of one prevalent form of relativism, it is argued that we must finally recognize the historical and cultural contingency of our available means of cognition, and therefore abandon as naIve the absolute conception of truth dear to traditional philosophy. According to this line of thinking, even if there were univer sally valid principles, knowledge of them would not be possible for us, and thus an absolute conception of truth must be rejected in light of the demands of critical epistemology. However, when truth is accordingly relativized to some contingent subjective cognitive background, new difficulties arise. One of the most infamous of these is the logical inconsistency of the resulting thesis of relativism itself. Yet an even more serious problem is that the relativization of truth makes truth itself contingent, thereby undermining the motivation for preferring one belief or value to another, or even to its opposite.

Author : Matthew K. Davis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 139 pages
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Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031223044

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Ancient and Modern Approaches to the Problem of Relativism by Matthew K. Davis Pdf

Relativism, or the claim that it is possible that the appearances and opinions of each of us are correct for each of us, and hence that any view is as true as any other, has remained a continuing problem for philosophy and science for 2,500 years. Today, because of the widespread acceptance of relativism, the problem is greater than ever before. This book argues that Plato in fact solved this problem. In the first two chapters, by means of a study of Husserl and Locke, Davis shows that it is possible to return to and take seriously Plato’s treatment of this problem. The third chapter presents Plato’s solution to it. This book is distinctive in that it shows that a problem that has been thought to be present throughout the history of Western thought was in fact solved by Plato, and in that it shows that we can, beginning from our contemporary situation, return to Plato’s solution.

Author : Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt,Lawrence Schmidt
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810112574

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The Specter of Relativism by Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt,Lawrence Schmidt Pdf

Specter of Relativism addresses the timely topic of relativism from the perspective of Gadamer's hermeneutics. This collection of essays explores several of the key issues in contemporary philosophy--the nature of truth, the model of conversation, and the possibility of an ethics in postmodern conditions--in the context of the work of Gadamer. Although centered on Gadamer and including the first English translation of one of his essays, the volume does not narrowly define or defend the approach of philosophical hermeneutics; the contributors present a broad range of views, in some cases championing a Gadamerian perspective, in others challenging it.

Author : B.C. Hopkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
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Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401718042

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Husserl in Contemporary Context by B.C. Hopkins Pdf

James F. Sheridan Allegheny College As we come to the end of the century, an attentive student of con temporary European philosophy will no doubt be startled by a volume titled Husserl in Contemporary Context. Such philosophers are most likely to believe that Hussed has now been declared II classical" rather than a contemporary thinker or, worse, simply old fashioned. Access to Hussed today will most likely come through the allegedly definitive critiques of his work by Heidegger and Derrida and to a lesser extent through the readings of his work by Levinas and Merleau Ponty although Merleau-Ponty himself has been declared old fashioned by some postmodems. Hence, if by II contemporary" one understands the problematic set by the work of the late Heidegger, Derrida, Foucault, et. al., Hussed's work seems strange indeed in such a contemporary context, seems better understood as the last gasp of philosophy dominated by metaphysics and thus fit only for inclusion in courses in the history of philosophy.

Author : Zhenming Zhai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401105019

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The Radical Choice and Moral Theory by Zhenming Zhai Pdf

In a crisp, original style the author approaches the crucial question of moral theory, the `is--ought' problem via communicative argumentation. Moving to the end of Habermas's conception of the communicative action, he introduces the concept of `radical choice' as the key to the transition from the descriptive to the normative. Phenomenological subjectivity of the intersubjective life-world is being vindicated as the `arch-value' of all derivative values, or the first principle for all normative precepts. With exceptional acumen and mastery of the philosophical argument, the author -- a young native Chinese lately trained in a Western university -- delineates a fascinating route along which the philosophical question of justification raised in the analytic tradition can be answered on the basis of phenomenology. A noteworthy contribution to the interplay between the Anglo--American and Continental schools of philosophy.

Author : Martin Kusch,Katherina Kinzel,Johannes Steizinger,Niels Wildschut
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351333559

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The Emergence of Relativism by Martin Kusch,Katherina Kinzel,Johannes Steizinger,Niels Wildschut Pdf

Debates over relativism are as old as philosophy itself. Since the late nineteenth century, relativism has also been a controversial topic in many of the social and cultural sciences. And yet, relativism has not been a central topic of research in the history of philosophy or the history of the social sciences. This collection seeks to remedy this situation by studying the emergence of modern forms of relativism as they unfolded in the German lands during the "long nineteenth century"—from the Enlightenment to National Socialism. It focuses on relativist and anti-relativist ideas and arguments in four contexts: history, science, epistemology, and politics. The Emergence of Relativism will be of interest to those studying nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy, German idealism, and history and philosophy of science, as well as those in related disciplines such as sociology and anthropology.

Author : David Carr
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810125445

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Phenomenology and the Problem of History by David Carr Pdf

David Carr examines the paradox of Husserl's transcendental philosophy and his later historicist theory.

Author : L. Haaparanta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401583343

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Mind, Meaning and Mathematics by L. Haaparanta Pdf

At the turn of the century, Gottlob Frege and Edmund Husserl both participated in the discussion concerning the foundations of logic and mathematics. Since the 1960s, comparisons have been made between Frege's semantic views and Husserl's theory of intentional acts. In quite recent years, new approaches to the two philosophers' views have appeared. This collection of articles opens with the first English translation of Dagfinn Føllesdal's early classic on Husserl and Frege of 1958. The book brings together a number of new contributions by well-known authors and gives a survey of recent developments in the field. It shows that Husserl's thought is coming to occupy a central role in the philosophy of logic and mathematics, as well as in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. The work is primarily meant for philosophers, especially for those working on the problems of language, logic, mathematics, and mind. It can also be used as a textbook in advanced courses in philosophy.

Author : Susi Ferrarello
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472573759

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Husserl’s Ethics and Practical Intentionality by Susi Ferrarello Pdf

Husserl's 20th-century phenomenological project remains the cornerstone of modern European philosophy. The place of ethics is of importance to the ongoing legacy and study of phenomenology itself. Husserl's Ethics and Practical Intentionality constitutes one of the major new interventions in this burgeoning field of Husserl scholarship, and offers an unrivaled perspective on the question of ethics in Husserl's philosophy through a focus on volumes not yet translated into English. This book offers a refreshing perspective on stagnating ethical debates that pivot around conceptions of relativism and universalism, shedding light on a phenomenological ethics beyond the common dichotomy.

Author : Joseph Margolis,Michael Krausz,R. Burian
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9024732719

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Rationality, Relativism and the Human Sciences by Joseph Margolis,Michael Krausz,R. Burian Pdf

The Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium was launched in the early eighties. It began during a particularly lean period in the American economy. But its success is linked as much to the need to be in touch with the rapidly changing currents of the philosophical climate as with the need to insure an adequately stocked professional community in the Philadelphia area faced, perhaps permanently, with the threat of increasing attrition. The member schools of the Consortium now include Bryn Mawr College, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and Villanova University, that is, the schools of the area that offer advanced degrees in philosophy. The philosophy faculties of these schools form the core of the Consortium, which offers graduate students the instructional and library facilities of each member school. The Consortium is also supported by the associated faculties of other regional schools that do not offer advanced degrees - notably, those at Drexel University, Haverford College, La Salle University, and Swarthmore College - both philosophers and members of other departments as well as interested and professionally qualified persons from the entire region. The affiliated and core professionals now number several hundreds, and the Consortium's various ventures have been received most enthusiastically by the academic community. At this moment, the Consortium is planning its fifth year of what it calls the Conferences on the Philosophy of the Human Studies.

Author : Kevin Hermberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441170255

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Husserl's Phenomenology by Kevin Hermberg Pdf

Kevin Hermberg's book fills an important gap in previous Husserl scholarship by focusing on intersubjectivity and empathy (i.e., the experience of others as other subjects) and by addressing the related issues of validity, the degrees of evidence with which something can be experienced, and the different senses of 'objective' in Husserl's texts. Despite accusations by commentators that Husserl's is a solipsistic philosophy and that the epistemologies in Husserl's late and early works are contradictory, Hermberg shows that empathy, and thus other subjects, are related to one's knowledge on the view offered in each of Husserl's Introductions to Phenomenology. Empathy is significantly related to knowledge in at least two ways, and Husserl's epistemology might, consequently, be called a social epistemology: (a) empathy helps to give evidence for validity and thus to solidify one's knowledge, and (b) it helps to broaden one's knowledge by giving access to what others have known. These roles of empathy are not at odds with one another; rather, both are at play in each of the Introductions (if even only implicitly) and, given his position in the earlier work, Husserl needed to expand the role of empathy as he did. Such a reliance on empathy, however, calls into question whether Husserl's is a transcendental philosophy in the sense Husserl claimed.

Author : Richard Schantz,Markus Seidel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110325904

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The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge by Richard Schantz,Markus Seidel Pdf

This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical and systematic points of view. Among the contributors are Maria Baghramian, Barry Barnes, Martin Endreß, Hubert Knoblauch, Richard Schantz and Harvey Siegel.

Author : Steve Hendley
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791407233

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Reason and Relativism by Steve Hendley Pdf

Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason deals with a problem that continues to dominate both continental and Anglo-American thought: the historical character of reason and the question of relativism. This work deals with the issue of relativism in the context of Sartre's later philosophy and contemporary debates on the social-historical character of reason as they emerge, principally, in the works of Foucault, Lyotard, Habermas, Rorty, and Feyerabend.

Author : Martin Nitsche,Olga Louchakova-Schwartz
Publisher : Verlag Traugott Bautz
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783959486606

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Image and Imagination in the Phenomenology of Religious Experience by Martin Nitsche,Olga Louchakova-Schwartz Pdf

Author : Joseph Margolis,Professor Joseph Margolis
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520083199

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The Flux of History and the Flux of Science by Joseph Margolis,Professor Joseph Margolis Pdf

Does thinking have a history? If there are no necessarily changeless structures to be found in things and in our inquiry into them, then what knowledge of the world and ourselves is possible? In this boldly original and elegantly written study, Joseph Margolis argues for a radically historicized view of history that treats it as both a real process and a narrative account, each a product of continual change. Developing his argument through discussions of such influential philosophers of history and the natural sciences as Vico, Danto, Collingwood, Habermas, Hempel, Popper, Putnam, and Gadamer, he provides a coherent theory of flux and invariance that resolves several deep puzzles regarding human nature and understanding. While maintaining a thorough command of Anglo-American philosophy, Margolis challenges many of its most cherished assumptions and demonstrates the sense in which history and interpretation are one and the same. Exploring one of the master themes of this century, his book offers a novel theory of the human condition whose conclusions and concerns seem certain to inform philosophy in the next century as well. Does thinking have a history? If there are no necessarily changeless structures to be found in things and in our inquiry into them, then what knowledge of the world and ourselves is possible? In this boldly original and elegantly written study, Joseph Margolis argues for a radically historicized view of history that treats it as both a real process and a narrative account, each a product of continual change. Developing his argument through discussions of such influential philosophers of history and the natural sciences as Vico, Danto, Collingwood, Habermas, Hempel, Popper, Putnam, and Gadamer, he provides a coherent theory of flux and invariance that resolves several deep puzzles regarding human nature and understanding. While maintaining a thorough command of Anglo-American philosophy, Margolis challenges many of its most cherished assumptions and demonstrates the sense in which history and interpretation are one and the same. Exploring one of the master themes of this century, his book offers a novel theory of the human condition whose conclusions and concerns seem certain to inform philosophy in the next century as well.