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Defending Objectivity: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier(Routledge Studies in Critical Realism)


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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 nature The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

Table of Contents:
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

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Margaret Archer, William Outhwaite


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415434591
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Sub Title: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0415434599
  • Publisher Date: 31 Mar 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
  • Weight: 430 gr


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