Transcending Postmodernism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvM. Kaplan,I. Hamati-Ataya,Morton A. Kaplan,Inanna Hamati-Ataya

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Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-11-26
Mått140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt440 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor247
Upplaga2014
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137358561

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Morton A. Kaplan is Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA. He is an internationally renowned scholar in Political Science and International Relations, and a pioneer in the development of systems theory and its application to world politics. His System and Process in International Politics (1957) is a classic of International Relations theory. Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK. Patrick A Heelan is William A. Gaston Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA.

Foreword; Patrick A. Heelan Preface; Morton Kaplan The Unknown Kaplan: Synoptic Knowledge After Postmodernism; Inanna Hamati-Ataya PART I: A WORLD VIEW 1. The Operations of Mind that Produce Language 2. Human Reason and a Common World View: Why Wittgenstein and Rawls are Both Wrong 3. Evolving Human Nature and Multistable Justice PART II: ANALYTICS 4. Meaning and Logic 5. The Nature of Reality as Illuminated by Quantum Physics PART III: SYSTEMS 6. Theories, General Theories, Systems Theories, and Language Games 7. Misinterpretations of International Systems Theory 8. Realism and Theory PART IV: APPLICATIONS 9. The Retrogressive Impact of Contemporary Realism on International Theory 10. Tribe and Scalia on the Constitution: A Third View 11. The Market and Liberal Democracy Bibliography Index