| Description |
vi, 250 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Philosophy now
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Philosophy now (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-245) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Timely Meditations in an Untimely Mode--The Thought of Charles Taylor / Ruth Abbey -- Taylor and the Hermeneutic Tradition / Nicholas H. Smith -- Taylor's (Anti- ) Epistemology / Hubert L. Dreyfus -- Self and the Good: Taylor's Moral Ontology / Fergus Kerr -- Articulating the Horizons of Liberalism: Taylor's Political Philosophy / Stephen Mulhall -- Toleration, Proselytizing, and the Politics of Recognition: The Self Contested / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Taylor and Feminism: From Recognition of Identity to a Politics of the Good / Melissa A. Orlie -- Catholicism and Philosophy: A Nontheistic Appreciation / William E. Connolly -- Taylor, "History," and the History of Philosophy / Terry Pinkard. |
| Summary |
"Charles Taylor (b. 1931) is one of the most influential and prolific philosophers in the English-speaking world. His unusually broad interests range from artificial intelligence to theories of meaning, from German idealism to contemporary multiculturalism. Ruth Abbey, in the first systematic single-authored study of this extraordinary thinker, offers a stimulating overview of his contribution to some of philosophy's enduring debates. The core chapters take up Taylor's approaches to moral theory, selfhood, political theory, and epistemology. Alone, these chapters constitute a solid introduction to Charles Taylor. However, the author also offers a great deal to those interested in pursuing the links across his positions, defining Taylor in terms of both his political engagement and his particular form of anti-foundationalism. In addition, she engages with some of the secondary literature to correct common misreadings of Taylor's writings. Abbey concludes by outlining Taylor's most recent reflections on what it means to live in a secular age and pointing to likely future directions of his work"--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Taylor, Charles, 1931-
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Taylor, Charles, 1931- |
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Taylor, Charles, 1931- |
| ISBN |
0691057133 (hardcover) |
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9780691057132 (hardcover) |
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0691057141 (paperback) |
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9780691057149 (paperback) |
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