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Paradigms and revolutions: appraisals and applications of Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science
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ISBN: 0268015422 9780268015428 Year: 1980 Publisher: Notre Dame (Ind.): University of Notre Dame press,

French philosophy in the twentieth century
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ISBN: 0521665590 0521662125 9780521665599 9780521662123 9780511806902 0511806906 0511156405 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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In this book Gary Gutting tells, clearly and comprehensively, the story of French philosophy from 1890 to 1990. He examines the often neglected background of spiritualism, university idealism, and early philosophy of science, and also discusses the privileged role of philosophy in the French education system. Taking account of this background, together with the influences of avant-garde literature and German philosophy, he develops a rich account of existential phenomenology, which he argues is the central achievement of French thought during the century, and of subsequent structuralist and poststructuralist developments. His discussion includes chapters on Bergson, Sartre, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, and Derrida, with sections on other major thinkers including Lyotard, Deleuze, Irigaray, Levinas, and Ricoeur. He offers challenging analyses of the often misunderstood relationship between existential phenomenology and structuralism and of the emergence of poststructuralism. Finally, he sketches the major current trends of French philosophy.

Pragmatic liberalism and the critique of modernity
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ISBN: 052164013X 0521649730 1139173243 9780521649735 Year: 1999 Volume: *21 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge university press,

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In this book Gary Gutting offers a powerful account of the nature of human reason in modern times. The fundamental question addressed by the book is what authority human reason can still claim once it is acknowledged that our fundamental metaphysical and religious pictures of the world no longer command allegiance. If ethics and science remain sources of authority what is the basis of that authority? Gutting develops answers to these questions through critical analysis of the work of three dominant philosophical voices in our time: Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Charles Taylor. His own position is defined as 'pragmatic liberalism'.

Foucault : a very short introduction
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ISBN: 0192805576 9780192805577 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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From aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with fresh versions that are still being debated today. A major influence on Queer Theory and gender studies (he was openly gay and died of an AIDS-related illness in 1984), he also wrote on architecture, history, law, medicine, literature, politics, and of course philosophy. He even managed to write a best seller in France on a book dedicated to the history of systems of thought. Because he never succinctly stated his arguments, those trying to come to terms with Foucault's work have desperately sought introductory material to make his theories clear and accessible for the beginner. Here, Gary Gutting presents a comprehensive but non-systematic treatment of some highlights of Foucault's life and thought. The book begins with a brief biography to set the social and political stage. It then moves on to touch on Foucault's thoughts on literature, in particular the avant-garde scene, his philosophical and historical work and the reception he received from the historical community, his treatment of knowledge and power in modern society, and his thoughts on sexuality.

The Cambridge companion to Foucault
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ISBN: 0521408873 0521403324 9780521408875 9781139002936 9780521403320 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge university press,

Science and reality : recent work in the philosophy of science : essays in honor of Ernan McMullin
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ISBN: 026801714X 9780268017149 Year: 1984 Publisher: Notre Dame (Ind.): University of Notre Dame press,

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