Against Theory
Continental and Analytic Challenges in Moral Philosophy
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 11. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-415-91080-4 (ISBN)
Description
Against Theory's is a remarkable synthesis of both the continental and analytical philosophical traditions around the subject of morality. Its singularity lies in its analysis of the implications postmodernism has had on ethics.
Reviews / Votes
"The book takes its shape from this confrontation: the first part devoted to the historicists, and the second to the post-modernists...The axiom of this phenomenological work is that the transcendental conditions of representation are not capable of cognitive representation;." -- Philosophy in Review, Vol. 17, No.1-3, 1997More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-91080-4 (9780415910804)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2002
1st Edition
Routledge
€100.47
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Person
Dwight Furrow is a lecturer in Philosophy at California State University at San Bernadino.
Content
Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1 A Thematic Summary of Arguments, Part One Narrative and Ethics, Chapter 2 MacIntyre: The Claim of History, Chapter 3 The Ethics of Tragedy Chapter 4 A Theoretical Riposte Chapter 5 Prophecy and Community Part Two The Postmodern Alternative Chapter 6 Levinas: Ethics without Limit Chapter 7 Welcome Stranger: Toward a Postmodern Ethics, Appendix Notes, Bibliography.