Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism: The Recovery of the World in Recent Philosophy

Farrell, Frank B.

ISBN 10: 0521568323 / ISBN 13: 9780521568326

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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This book focuses on how recent Anglo-American philosophy has challenged deeply held notions of subjectivity, mind, and language. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 46. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good. 1996. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism: The Recovery of the World in Recent Philosophy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521568323
• ISBN 13: 9780521568326
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book gives a broad and accessible account of some difficult work in recent Anglo-American philosophy on new and important ways of thinking about mind, language, subjectivity, and the relationship of thinkers to the world. Few books match its combination of detailed argument analysis with a global look at how diverse projects in analytic philosophy fit together. The approach is unique in that it sets that material in a broad historical context, including works in medieval philosophy and German idealism. The book shows why Rorty's recommendations for philosophy are wrong, and why we ought to be encouraged toward more realist conceptions instead of toward relativist or postmodern ones.

Book Description

This study provides an accessible account of some difficult work in recent Anglo-American philosophy on new and important ways of thinking about mind, language, subjectivity and the relationship of thinkers to the world. The approach is unique in that it sets the material in a broad historical context.