1st Edition
Objectivity Recovering Determinate Reality in Philosophy, Science, and Everyday Life
By Tibor R. Machan
Copyright 2004
131 Pages
by
Routledge
131 Pages
by
Routledge
131 Pages
by
Routledge
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The question of objectivity is whether human beings are capable of knowing reality just as it is, or whether there is some necessary distortion in our grasp of the nature of things imposed either by the very nature of our cognitive mechanism, or by such factors as language, culture, personal ambitions, psychological disorders, and class interests. Could it be that we do not see the world at all,... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Why will nothing but objective truth do?; Part I Philosophy: Reflections on Richard Rorty; C.S. Peirce and absolute truth. Part II Science: Thomas Kuhn and the objectivity of science; Kuhn and the moral dimension of objectivity. Part III Everyday Life: The nature of objective moral claims; Journalistic objectivity, true and false; Richard Posner's pragmatic jurisprudence; Terrorism and objective moral principles; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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Tibor R. Machan
