Critique of Impure Reason: Horizons of Possibility and Meaning

Bartlett, Steven James

ISBN 10: 0578886464 / ISBN 13: 9780578886466

Published by Studies in Theory and Behavior, 2021

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Synopsis:

Bartlett's Critique of Impure Reason is a tour de force of philosophical analysis. Historic in scale and far-reaching in scope, this important and massive treatise offers a penetrating critical appraisal of concepts that form the basic vocabulary of philosophical problems. This groundbreaking work focuses on reference as the most conceptually basic means in terms of which we may understand the limits beyond which our concepts cease to possess possible meaning. These inevitable and inescapable boundaries of human thought Bartlett calls 'horizons'. Step by logical step, the treatise seeks to show that a recognition of these conceptual horizons brings with it a new and revisionary understanding of a wide range of philosophical problems. The book is as fascinating as it is profound.

About the Author: Steven James Bartlett was born in Mexico City, educated in Mexico, the U.S., and France. He is the son of American writer-artist Paul Alexander Bartlett and poet Elizabeth Bartlett. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books and research monographs, and numerous published papers in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science, and psychology. Bartlett received degrees from Raymond College (an Oxford-style honors college of the University of the Pacific), the University of California in Santa Barbara, and the Université de Paris. His research has been supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, the Lilly Endowment, the Alliance Française, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the National Science Foundation, the RAND Corporation, and others. He has served as Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University and the University of Florida, and as research fellow both at the Max-Planck-Institute in Starnberg, Germany, and at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. He currently holds the honorary faculty research position of Affiliated Scholar at Willamette University. A more detailed biography and discussion of his publications are available from Wikipedia (https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_James_Bartlett).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Critique of Impure Reason: Horizons of ...
Publisher: Studies in Theory and Behavior
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New