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Debating the state of philosophy : Habermas, Rorty, and Kołakowski

Title: Debating the state of philosophy : Habermas, Rorty, and Kołakowski / edited by Józef Niżnik and John T. Sanders ; with contributions by Ernest Gellner and others.
Author: Habermas, Jürgen.
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.

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x, 150 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Do we still need philosophical discourse as part of communication within our culture? Is philosophical endeavor still valid? This book offers the views of some of the most popular, distinguished contemporary philosophers who have placed their mark on philosophy. Jurgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, Leszek Kolakowski, and Ernest Gellner bring their ideas into confrontation in a unique debate devoted to the present state of philosophy. The future of Western culture may depend on the answers to the questions asked by these authors.

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Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Note

"Published under the auspices of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-144) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Coping with contingencies -- Ch. 2. The challenge of relativism -- Ch. 3. Philosophy and the dilemmas of the contemporary world -- Appendix 1. Comments on the Habermas/Rorty Debate -- Appendix 2. Comments on Richard Rorty, "Relativism: finding and making" -- Appendix 3. Comments on Philosophy and the dilemmas of the contemporary world.

ISBN

0275957152
9780275957155
0275958353
9780275958350

LCCN

96020680

OCLC

ocm34850527
34850527
SCSB-9473030

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Princeton University Library