Beyond objectivism and relativism : science, hermeneutics, and praxis /
Bernstein, Richard J,
Beyond objectivism and relativism : science, hermeneutics, and praxis / Richard J. Bernstein. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, (c)1983. - xix, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Part I. Beyond objectivism and relativism : an overview. -- Objectivism and relativism -- The Cartesian anxiety -- Postempiricist philosophy and history of science -- The idea of a social science -- The recovery of the hermeneutical dimension of science -- Philosophic hermeneutics : a primordial mode of being -- Hermeneutics and praxis -- Political judgment and practical discourse -- Science, hermeneutics, and praxis Part II. Science, rationality, and incommensurability. -- The practical rationality of theory-choice -- Kuhn and his critics : the common ground -- The development of the philosophy of science -- Incommensurability and the natural sciences -- Incommensurability and the social disciplines Part III. From hermeneutics to praxis. -- The Cartesian legacy -- Truth and the experience of art -- Understanding and prejudice ; The hermeneutical circle -- Temporal distance, effective-historical consciousness, and the fusion of horizons -- Application : the rediscovery of the fundamental hermeneutical problem -- The movement beyond philosophic hermeneutics -- Philosophic hermeneutics and the Cartesian anxiety Part IV. Praxis, practical discourse, and judgment. -- A historical interlude -- Practical discourse -- Habermas -- Rorty's metacritique -- Judgment : Arendt -- Beyond objectivism and relativism -- the practical task Appendix: A letter by Professor Hans-Georg Gadamer.
9780812211658
83012439
Hermeneutics.
Science--Philosophy.
Objectivity.
Relativity.
Practice (Philosophy)
Philosophy.
Hermeneutik.
Objektivismus.
Relativismus.
Wissenschaft.
BD241 / .B496 1983
Beyond objectivism and relativism : science, hermeneutics, and praxis / Richard J. Bernstein. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, (c)1983. - xix, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Part I. Beyond objectivism and relativism : an overview. -- Objectivism and relativism -- The Cartesian anxiety -- Postempiricist philosophy and history of science -- The idea of a social science -- The recovery of the hermeneutical dimension of science -- Philosophic hermeneutics : a primordial mode of being -- Hermeneutics and praxis -- Political judgment and practical discourse -- Science, hermeneutics, and praxis Part II. Science, rationality, and incommensurability. -- The practical rationality of theory-choice -- Kuhn and his critics : the common ground -- The development of the philosophy of science -- Incommensurability and the natural sciences -- Incommensurability and the social disciplines Part III. From hermeneutics to praxis. -- The Cartesian legacy -- Truth and the experience of art -- Understanding and prejudice ; The hermeneutical circle -- Temporal distance, effective-historical consciousness, and the fusion of horizons -- Application : the rediscovery of the fundamental hermeneutical problem -- The movement beyond philosophic hermeneutics -- Philosophic hermeneutics and the Cartesian anxiety Part IV. Praxis, practical discourse, and judgment. -- A historical interlude -- Practical discourse -- Habermas -- Rorty's metacritique -- Judgment : Arendt -- Beyond objectivism and relativism -- the practical task Appendix: A letter by Professor Hans-Georg Gadamer.
9780812211658
83012439
Hermeneutics.
Science--Philosophy.
Objectivity.
Relativity.
Practice (Philosophy)
Philosophy.
Hermeneutik.
Objektivismus.
Relativismus.
Wissenschaft.
BD241 / .B496 1983