Rethinking Knowledge
Reflections Across the Disciplines
Published on 3. February 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-0-7914-2338-7 (ISBN)
Description
An exploration of modernism and postmodernism in regard to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason
This book explores issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason.
Among the distinguished contributors are Michael Arbib, Aaron Ben-Zeev, Helen Couclelis, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jane Flax, George E. Marcus, Donald McCloskey, Donald Schon, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, and Charles Taylor.
This book explores issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason.
Among the distinguished contributors are Michael Arbib, Aaron Ben-Zeev, Helen Couclelis, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jane Flax, George E. Marcus, Donald McCloskey, Donald Schon, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, and Charles Taylor.
Reviews / Votes
"This book addresses a set of epistemic developments important throughout the academy. The range of contributors is excellent, and their collective prestige will attract more than a few readers all by itself. A further advantage is that the range of fields addressed makes the collection interesting to scholars in a wide variety of disciplines." - John S. Nelson, University of IowaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-2338-7 (9780791423387)
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Persons
Robert F. Goodman is Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Walter R. Fisher is Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Content
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Stephen Toulmin
Introduction
Robert F. Goodman
Part I. Fundamental Issues: Method, Values, Mind, and Self
1. Economics and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Donald N. McCloskey
2. The Truth/Value of Judgments
Barbara Hernstein Smith
3. Is There a Problem in Explaning Cognitive Process?
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev
4. The Dialogical Self
Charles Taylor
Part II. Reorientations in Social Science Inquiry
5. Causality and Causal Inference in the Study of Organizations
Donald A. Schon
6. The Redesign of Ethnography after the Critique of Its Rhetoric
George E. Marcus
7. Toward an Evolutionary Hermeneutics: The Case of Wisdom
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Part III. Values, Reason, and Responsibility
8. Representation without Grounds
Jane Flax
9. Narration, Knowledge, and the Possibility of Wisdom
Walter R. Fisher
Part IV. Knowledge and Schema Theory
10. Bridging Cognition and Knowledge
Helen Couclelis
11. The Schema Theory of Minds: Implications for the Social Sciences
Michael A. Arbib
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Foreword
Stephen Toulmin
Introduction
Robert F. Goodman
Part I. Fundamental Issues: Method, Values, Mind, and Self
1. Economics and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Donald N. McCloskey
2. The Truth/Value of Judgments
Barbara Hernstein Smith
3. Is There a Problem in Explaning Cognitive Process?
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev
4. The Dialogical Self
Charles Taylor
Part II. Reorientations in Social Science Inquiry
5. Causality and Causal Inference in the Study of Organizations
Donald A. Schon
6. The Redesign of Ethnography after the Critique of Its Rhetoric
George E. Marcus
7. Toward an Evolutionary Hermeneutics: The Case of Wisdom
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Part III. Values, Reason, and Responsibility
8. Representation without Grounds
Jane Flax
9. Narration, Knowledge, and the Possibility of Wisdom
Walter R. Fisher
Part IV. Knowledge and Schema Theory
10. Bridging Cognition and Knowledge
Helen Couclelis
11. The Schema Theory of Minds: Implications for the Social Sciences
Michael A. Arbib
Bibliography
Contributors
Index