The Rorty-Habermas Debate

The Rorty-Habermas Debate
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9781438483566
ISBN-13 : 1438483562
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Download or read book The Rorty-Habermas Debate written by Marcin Kilanowski and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rorty-Habermas debate has been written on widely, but a full treatment of its importance had to wait until now. We have some historical distance from this exchange, which extended over three decades, and which touches upon the central concerns of numerous fields of study and of social organization. From law, to politics, to philosophy and communication theory, and including the basics of action, these two towering figures compare their forms of pragmatism. Marcin Kilanowski sets the debate in its historical and multilayered context, comparing it with criticism and commentary from his own viewpoint and from that of other important thinkers who observed and participated in the famous exchange. This book not only provides background in the history of philosophy for a general reader but also will be useful to those who need an abbreviated narrative and compendium of relevant sources for their own thinking and research. Kilanowski shows the points of convergence between Rorty and Habermas, and also examines the meaning of the outcome of their long exchange. Does the result get us any closer to a viable idea of freedom? Of responsibility? The book suggests some answers to these and other related questions.


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