Defending Objectivity

Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following:* objectivity of value* objectivity and everyday knowledge* objectivity in political economy* objectivity and reflexivity* objectivity postmodernism and feminism* objectivity and natureThe diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-01-22
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt566 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Critical Realism
Antal sidor288
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415338233

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Encounters with Andrew Collier 1. Roy Bhaskar, A Considerable Realist: A Personal and Intellectual Tribute to Andrew Collier2. Ruth Merttens , Losing the Plot Critiques of Counter-Objectivity 3. Ray Monk , Objectivity, Postmodernism and Biographical Understanding: Andrew Collier on R. D. Laing4. Douglas V. Porpora , Objectivity and Phallogocentrism The Objectivity of Value 5. Alison Assiter , The Objectivity of Value6. John O'Neil , Commerce and the Language of Value7. Andrew Sayer , Restoring the Moral dimension in Social Scientific Accounts: A Qualified Ethical Naturalist Approach Objectivity and Everyday Knowledge 8. Margaret S. Archer , Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge9. Justin Cruickshank , Practical Knowledge and Realism: Linking Andrew Collier on Lay Knowledge to Karl Popper on the Philosophy of Science10. Jonathan Joseph , Being and Knowledge Objectivity and Materialism 11. Jolyon Agar, Towards Objectivity: From Kant to Marx12. Christopher J. Arthur , The Contradictions of Capital13. Phil Warden , Understanding Objectivity in a Material World Objectivity and Reflexivity 14. Alan Montefiore , Reason and its Self-Undoing?15. William Outwaite , Intentional and Reflexive Objectivity: Some Reflections Objectivity and Nature 16. Ted Benton , Realism about the Value of Nature? Andrew Collier's Environmental Philosophy17. Kate Soper , Objectivity, Experience and the Aesthetic of Nature