Confines of Democracy
Essays on the Philosophy of Richard J. Bernstein
Published on 19. June 2015
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278 pages
978-90-04-30004-0 (ISBN)
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The topics addressed by Richard J. Bernstein in his extensive and illuminating work span the stream of contemporary thought in several directions: ethics, politics, epistemology, philosophy of history, and social theory. In reflecting on them Bernstein has played an intermediary role between the most recognizable product of American philosophical tradition, i.e. Pragmatism, and such central trends in European 20th century thought as Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory, and Hermeneutics.
In this volume a host of prominent scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America pays tribute to Bernstein's lifelong reflection on such present human problems as: the achievements and the dilemmas of modern societies, the legitimation crisis of democracy, the uses and abuses of public space, the role of scientific knowledge and technology in shaping the modern life, the ethical and political interplay between identity and community, and the preconditions and limits of understanding in multicultural contexts.
The fifteen essays in this book, accompanied by separate replies by Bernstein, are organized in four sections: "Bernstein, Rorty and American Pragmatism," "Epistemology and Hermeneutics," "Good, Evil and Judgment," and "Democratic Vistas." As Prof. Bernstein declares in his Preface, these "contributions are expressions of my own commitment to engaged fallibilistic pluralism."
In this volume a host of prominent scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America pays tribute to Bernstein's lifelong reflection on such present human problems as: the achievements and the dilemmas of modern societies, the legitimation crisis of democracy, the uses and abuses of public space, the role of scientific knowledge and technology in shaping the modern life, the ethical and political interplay between identity and community, and the preconditions and limits of understanding in multicultural contexts.
The fifteen essays in this book, accompanied by separate replies by Bernstein, are organized in four sections: "Bernstein, Rorty and American Pragmatism," "Epistemology and Hermeneutics," "Good, Evil and Judgment," and "Democratic Vistas." As Prof. Bernstein declares in his Preface, these "contributions are expressions of my own commitment to engaged fallibilistic pluralism."
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Ramon del Castillo is member of the Executive Committee of the Richard Rorty Society, Co-Director of the Dewey Center in Spain, and Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Cultural Studies at UNED (Spain). He is the author of Conocimiento y accion. El giro pragmatico de la filosofia (1995) and of a large number of essays on pragmatism and American culture.
Angel M. Faerna is Professor of Philosophy at UCLM (Spain). He is the author of Introduccion a la teoria pragmatista del conocimiento (1996). He has published essays on pragmatism and epistemology, and has translated into Spanish works by Santayana, Dewey, and Rorty.
Larry A. Hickman is Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Professor of Philosophy at SIU Carbondale (USA), and a prominent scholar on classical and contemporary pragmatism. His publications have been translated into ten languages and he holds honorary doctorates from Soka University (Japan) and the University of Cologne (Germany).
Angel M. Faerna is Professor of Philosophy at UCLM (Spain). He is the author of Introduccion a la teoria pragmatista del conocimiento (1996). He has published essays on pragmatism and epistemology, and has translated into Spanish works by Santayana, Dewey, and Rorty.
Larry A. Hickman is Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Professor of Philosophy at SIU Carbondale (USA), and a prominent scholar on classical and contemporary pragmatism. His publications have been translated into ten languages and he holds honorary doctorates from Soka University (Japan) and the University of Cologne (Germany).
Content
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Ramon del Castillo, Angel M. Faerna and Larry A. Hickman
PREFACE
Richard J. Bernstein
Part One:
BERNSTEIN, RORTY AND AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
ONE A Tale of Two Dicks
Robert Westbrook
TWO A Conversation between Friends:
The Ironist and the Pragmatic Fallibilist
Santiago Rey
A Reply to Robert Westbrook and Santiago Rey
Richard J. Bernstein
THREE Two Tales about Pragmatism and European Philosophy
(With an Introductory Family Tale)
Carlos Thiebaut
A Reply to Carlos Thiebaut
Richard J. Bernstein
FOUR Bernstein on the Narrative and Identity of
Pragmatism in America
Gregory Fernando Pappas
A Reply to Gregory Fernando Pappas
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Two:
EPISTEMOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS
FIVE Beyond Objectivism and Relativism (Again)
John Ryder
A Reply to John Ryder
Richard J. Bernstein
SIX Relativism, Good and Bad.
Bernstein on the Pragmatic Conception of Objectivity
Angel M. Faerna
A Reply to Angel M. Faerna
Richard J. Bernstein
SEVEN An "Engaged Fallibilistic Pluralism"
Juan Carlos Mougan
EIGHT Hermeneutics, Practical Philosophy and the Ontology
of Community: Witt?genstein, Gadamer and Bernstein
Nuria Sara Miras Boronat
A Reply to Juan Carlos Mougan and
Nuria Saras Miras Boronat
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Three:
GOOD, EVIL AND JUDGMENT
NINE Pragmatism, Westerns and Evil.
Remarks on Richard J. Bernstein and Forgiveness
Federico Penelas
A Reply to Federico Penelas
Richard J. Bernstein
TEN Critical Common Sense, Exemplary Doubting,
and Reflective Judgment
Heidi Salaverria
A Reply to Heidi Salaverria
Richard J. Bernstein
ELEVEN Enlightenment, Utility and Terror
Antonio Gomez Ramos
A Reply to Antonio Gomez Ramos
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Four
DEMOCRATIC VISTAS
TWELVE Bernstein on Deweyan Democracy
James Campbell
A Reply to James Campbell
Richard J. Bernstein
THIRTEEN Reconstruction of Democratic Experience
Alicia Garcia Ruiz
A Reply to Alicia Garcia Ruiz
Richard J. Bernstein
FOURTEEN Bernstein between Habermas and Rorty:
A Deweyan Reconstruction
Larry A. Hickman
A Reply to Larry A. Hickman
Richard J. Bernstein
FIFTEEN Listening Without Banisters.
Bernstein and Habermas on Democratic Ethos
Ramon Del Castillo
A Reply to Ramon del Castillo
Richard J. Bernstein
INTRODUCTION
Ramon del Castillo, Angel M. Faerna and Larry A. Hickman
PREFACE
Richard J. Bernstein
Part One:
BERNSTEIN, RORTY AND AMERICAN PRAGMATISM
ONE A Tale of Two Dicks
Robert Westbrook
TWO A Conversation between Friends:
The Ironist and the Pragmatic Fallibilist
Santiago Rey
A Reply to Robert Westbrook and Santiago Rey
Richard J. Bernstein
THREE Two Tales about Pragmatism and European Philosophy
(With an Introductory Family Tale)
Carlos Thiebaut
A Reply to Carlos Thiebaut
Richard J. Bernstein
FOUR Bernstein on the Narrative and Identity of
Pragmatism in America
Gregory Fernando Pappas
A Reply to Gregory Fernando Pappas
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Two:
EPISTEMOLOGY AND HERMENEUTICS
FIVE Beyond Objectivism and Relativism (Again)
John Ryder
A Reply to John Ryder
Richard J. Bernstein
SIX Relativism, Good and Bad.
Bernstein on the Pragmatic Conception of Objectivity
Angel M. Faerna
A Reply to Angel M. Faerna
Richard J. Bernstein
SEVEN An "Engaged Fallibilistic Pluralism"
Juan Carlos Mougan
EIGHT Hermeneutics, Practical Philosophy and the Ontology
of Community: Witt?genstein, Gadamer and Bernstein
Nuria Sara Miras Boronat
A Reply to Juan Carlos Mougan and
Nuria Saras Miras Boronat
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Three:
GOOD, EVIL AND JUDGMENT
NINE Pragmatism, Westerns and Evil.
Remarks on Richard J. Bernstein and Forgiveness
Federico Penelas
A Reply to Federico Penelas
Richard J. Bernstein
TEN Critical Common Sense, Exemplary Doubting,
and Reflective Judgment
Heidi Salaverria
A Reply to Heidi Salaverria
Richard J. Bernstein
ELEVEN Enlightenment, Utility and Terror
Antonio Gomez Ramos
A Reply to Antonio Gomez Ramos
Richard J. Bernstein
Part Four
DEMOCRATIC VISTAS
TWELVE Bernstein on Deweyan Democracy
James Campbell
A Reply to James Campbell
Richard J. Bernstein
THIRTEEN Reconstruction of Democratic Experience
Alicia Garcia Ruiz
A Reply to Alicia Garcia Ruiz
Richard J. Bernstein
FOURTEEN Bernstein between Habermas and Rorty:
A Deweyan Reconstruction
Larry A. Hickman
A Reply to Larry A. Hickman
Richard J. Bernstein
FIFTEEN Listening Without Banisters.
Bernstein and Habermas on Democratic Ethos
Ramon Del Castillo
A Reply to Ramon del Castillo
Richard J. Bernstein