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The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
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The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, 4
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Analytic philosophy has been a dominant intellectual movement in
the 20th century and a reflection of the cultural pre-eminence of
scientism. In response to analytic philosophy's peculiar reticence
(and inability) to discuss itself, this book provides its first
comprehensive history and critique. The central element in the
analytic conversation has been the Enlightenment Project: the
appeal to an autonomous human reason, freed of any higher authority
and channeling itself through science as its privileged tool. This
centrality is demonstrated by systematically examining its presence
and development in the philosophy of science, metaphysics,
epistemology, language, psychology, social science, ethics,
political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. This journey
highlights the internal logical disintegration of that project.
Post-modern relativism is its natural offspring and not a viable
alternative. The Enlightenment Project's conception of physical
science is defective; this defective conception of physical science
renders the analytic conception of social science, philosophical
psychology, and epistemology defective; and that defective
conception of the human condition leads to defective conceptions of
both moral and political philosophy, specifically the idea of
social engineering or social technology. Throughout the book, an
alternative conception of philosophy is presented as a way out of
the abyss of analysis, an alternative that reconnects philosophy
with the mainstream of Western civilization and initiates the
process of providing a coherent cultural narrative. This book will
be of particular interest to any sophisticated reader concerned
about the lack of a coherent cultural narrative.
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