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- catalog abstract "Many normative theorists have advocated constructivism as a way of overcoming skepticism and nihilism. They have produced three types of constructivism that correspond to three conceptions of rationality: formal (Hare and Gewirth), instrumental (Gauthier), and ideal (Rawls). In this book, T.K. Seung examines these three types and vindicates Rawls' claim that only the constructivism of ideal rationality - which accepts Kantiam ideals as its basis - is viable. Unlike Rawls, however, Seung traces Kantian ideas to Platonic forms. Without this Platonic move, he shows, ideal constructivism cannot avoid collapsing to normative positivism. Seung maintains that Platonic forms are the obects of normative intuition and that they are only schematic ideas and principles that must be articulated into a system of concrete normative standards. This process of articulation is normative construction. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that constructivism and intuitionism are in competition with each other, Seung demonstrates the necessity of their natural dependence. That is, their happy union alone can provide a secure foundation for normative theories and save them from the twin evils of scepticism and nihilism.".
- catalog contributor b4054728.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Formal Procedure --- Procedural Reflection --- Reflective Equilibrium --- Formal Rationality --- Instrumental Rationality --- Aristotelian Revival --- Kantian Reversal --- Platonic Retrieval --- Normative Anagorgia.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Many normative theorists have advocated constructivism as a way of overcoming skepticism and nihilism. They have produced three types of constructivism that correspond to three conceptions of rationality: formal (Hare and Gewirth), instrumental (Gauthier), and ideal (Rawls). In this book, T.K. Seung examines these three types and vindicates Rawls' claim that only the constructivism of ideal rationality - which accepts Kantiam ideals as its basis - is viable. Unlike Rawls, however, Seung traces Kantian ideas to Platonic forms. Without this Platonic move, he shows, ideal constructivism cannot avoid collapsing to normative positivism. Seung maintains that Platonic forms are the obects of normative intuition and that they are only schematic ideas and principles that must be articulated into a system of concrete normative standards. This process of articulation is normative construction. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that constructivism and intuitionism are in competition with each other, Seung demonstrates the necessity of their natural dependence. That is, their happy union alone can provide a secure foundation for normative theories and save them from the twin evils of scepticism and nihilism.".
- catalog extent "xv, 227 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300057407 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "149 20".
- catalog subject "BD181 .S485 1993".
- catalog subject "Constructivism (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Intuition.".
- catalog subject "Rationalism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Formal Procedure --- Procedural Reflection --- Reflective Equilibrium --- Formal Rationality --- Instrumental Rationality --- Aristotelian Revival --- Kantian Reversal --- Platonic Retrieval --- Normative Anagorgia.".
- catalog title "Intuition and construction : the foundation of normative theory / T.K. Seung.".
- catalog type "text".