Philosophy and the idea of freedom

Bhaskar, Roy (1944-....)

Philosophy and the idea of freedom [Texte imprimé] / Roy Bhaskar ; [with a new introduction by Mervyn Hartwig] - [Rev. ed.] - London ; New York : Routledge, 2011 - 1 vol. (XXVIII-202 p.) ; 24 cm - Classical texts in critical realism . - Classical texts in critical realism (Routledge, London) .

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Section I: Anti-Rorty -- Knowledge -- Rorty's account of science -- Pragmatism, epistemology, and the inexorability of realism -- Agency -- The essential tension of philosophy and the mirror of nature or a tale of two Rortys -- How is freedom possible? -- Politics -- Self-defining versus social engineering poetry and politics : the problem-field of contingency, irony, and solidarity -- Rorty's apologetics -- Reference, fictionalism and radical negation -- Rorty's changing conceptions of philosophy -- Section II: For critical realism -- Critical realism in context -- Appendix 1: Social theory and moral philosophy -- Appendix 2: Marxist philosophy from Marx to Althusser

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Rorty, Richard (1931-2007)
رورتي، ريشارد (1931-2007)

Critical realism

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