French philosopher Charles Renouvier played an influential role in
reviving philosophy in France after it was proscribed during the
Second Empire. Drawn to the ideals of the French Revolution,
Renouvier came to recognize that the free will and civil liberties
he supported were essential to the pursuit of science, contrary to
the ideologies of positivists and socialists who would restrict
liberty in the name of science. He struggled against monarchy and
religious authority in the period up through 1848 and defended a
liberal, secular form of political organization at a critical
turning point in French history, the beginning of the Third
Republic. As Warren Schmaus argues, Renouvier's work provides an
example of one way in which philosophy of science can succeed in
bringing about change in political life-by critiquing political
ideologies that falsely claim absolute certainty on religious,
scientific, or any other grounds. Liberty and the Pursuit of
Knowledge explores the understudied relationship between
Renouvier's philosophy of science and his political philosophy,
shedding new light on the significance of his thought for the
history of philosophy.
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