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Rousseau's Critique of Science - A Commentary on the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (Hardcover, New)
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Rousseau's Critique of Science - A Commentary on the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (Hardcover, New)
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Rousseau's Critique of Science argues that the First Discourse is
an indispensable work, both for those interested in understanding
Rousseau's philosophical system, and for those interested in the
political consequences of the modern liberal democratic commitment
to scientific progress. Through two simultaneous readings of the
Discourse-a "naive" reading that examines Rousseau's arguments in
isolation, and a "sophisticated" reading that interprets these
arguments in the light of Rousseau's later systematic works-the
commentary pursues answers to four questions, about the basis of
Rousseau's thesis that scientific progress contributes to moral
corruption, about the origin and method of Rousseau's philosophical
system, about the place of the Discourse in Rousseau's system, and
about the consequences of Rousseau's critique of science for the
future happiness of mankind. In this pursuit, the commentary
follows the order of the Discourse itself, and is organized into
two sections and nine chapters: an introduction; seven topical
chapters, each treating a theme raised by the Discourse; and a
conclusion. In answer to its four guiding questions, it concludes
that Rousseau's thesis is based on his understanding of the nature
of the interaction of reason and vanity; that Rousseau's system
originates in introspection and is established by a non-historical
method of analysis and synthesis; that the Discourse is an
indispensable part of Rousseau's system because it spells out the
beginnings of this analysis and the conclusions of this synthesis,
and through the limitations of its arguments points to the entire
extent of his system; and that as a result Rousseau's critique of
science has much to teach us about the dangers involved in our
political commitment to scientific progress, and about the ways in
which the future happiness of mankind might be secured.
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