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- catalog abstract ""In this book Professor Machan defends objectivity in philosophy, science, and everyday life from its many critics. Objectivity stands in need of a defence because it is a difficult ideal to serve, especially in an era of multiculturalism, deconstructionism, feminism, and diversity. People from different cultures report having radically different experiences, indeed radically different worlds. They usually claim that their experiences are as true as anyone else's. Deconstructionists tell us that we know nothing determinate beyond language, i.e., that we don't know what we are talking about. Feminists often maintain that women and men see the world in significantly different ways. The idea of diversity gains much of its plausibility from the idea that people from diverse backgrounds all have their own valid ways of seeing the world." "The most prominent movements in Anglo-American and continental philosophy are against objectivity. Such figures as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida unambiguously deny that human beings are capable of knowing the world as it is. This book considers and responds to these and similar challenges to objectivity."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Recovering determinate reality in philosophy, science, and everyday life".
- catalog contributor b13323930.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In this book Professor Machan defends objectivity in philosophy, science, and everyday life from its many critics. Objectivity stands in need of a defence because it is a difficult ideal to serve, especially in an era of multiculturalism, deconstructionism, feminism, and diversity. People from different cultures report having radically different experiences, indeed radically different worlds. They usually claim that their experiences are as true as anyone else's. Deconstructionists tell us that we know nothing determinate beyond language, i.e., that we don't know what we are talking about. Feminists often maintain that women and men see the world in significantly different ways. The idea of diversity gains much of its plausibility from the idea that people from diverse backgrounds all have their own valid ways of seeing the world." "The most prominent movements in Anglo-American and continental philosophy are against objectivity. Such figures as Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida unambiguously deny that human beings are capable of knowing the world as it is. This book considers and responds to these and similar challenges to objectivity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-117) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : why will nothing but objective truth do? -- Reflections on Richard Rorty -- C.S. Peirce and absolute truth -- Thomas Kuhn and the objectivity of science -- Kuhn and the moral dimension of objectivity -- The nature of objective moral claims -- Journalistic objectivity, true and false -- Richard Posner's pragmatic jurisprudence -- Terrorism and objective moral principles.".
- catalog extent "viii, 123 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0754640426 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
- catalog subject "121/.4 22".
- catalog subject "BD220 .M33 2004".
- catalog subject "Objectivity.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : why will nothing but objective truth do? -- Reflections on Richard Rorty -- C.S. Peirce and absolute truth -- Thomas Kuhn and the objectivity of science -- Kuhn and the moral dimension of objectivity -- The nature of objective moral claims -- Journalistic objectivity, true and false -- Richard Posner's pragmatic jurisprudence -- Terrorism and objective moral principles.".
- catalog title "Objectivity : recovering determinate reality in philosophy, science, and everyday life / Tibor R. Machan.".
- catalog title "Recovering determinate reality in philosophy, science, and everyday life".
- catalog type "text".