
Transcending Postmodernism
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 26. November 2013
Book
Hardback
XIII, 247 pages
978-1-137-35856-1 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical knowledge, which no more has a terminal state than an infinite set has a last term, advances when the dialectical relationship between the two approaches is synthesized. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects. The intimate dialectical relationship between theory and meaning is explored in detail in the area of international theory. The recent emphasis on realism rests on a regressive misunderstanding of the dialectical relationship between theory and practice that loses Newton's acute understanding of it, an understanding that underlies the great advances of physics, and that is lost in the contemporary social sciences.
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Edition
2014 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XIII, 247 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-35856-1 (9781137358561)
DOI
10.1057/9781137358578
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Persons
Morton A. Kaplan is Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA. He is an internationally renowned scholar in Political Science and International Relations, and a pioneer in the development of systems theory and its application to world politics. His System and Process in International Politics (1957) is a classic of International Relations theory.
Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.
Patrick A Heelan is William A. Gaston Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA.
Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.
Patrick A Heelan is William A. Gaston Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA.
Content
Foreword; Patrick A. Heelan Preface; Morton Kaplan The Unknown Kaplan: Synoptic Knowledge After Postmodernism; Inanna Hamati-Ataya PART I: A WORLD VIEW 1. The Operations of Mind that Produce Language 2. Human Reason and a Common World View: Why Wittgenstein and Rawls are Both Wrong 3. Evolving Human Nature and Multistable Justice PART II: ANALYTICS 4. Meaning and Logic 5. The Nature of Reality as Illuminated by Quantum Physics PART III: SYSTEMS 6. Theories, General Theories, Systems Theories, and Language Games 7. Misinterpretations of International Systems Theory 8. Realism and Theory PART IV: APPLICATIONS 9. The Retrogressive Impact of Contemporary Realism on International Theory 10. Tribe and Scalia on the Constitution: A Third View 11. The Market and Liberal Democracy Bibliography Index