Through a glass darkly : Bernard Lonergan & Richard Rorty on knowing without a God's-eye view / by R.J. Snell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snell, R. J., 1975-

Series:

Marquette studies in philosophy ; no. 45.

Marquette studies in philosophy ; no. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Rorty, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, WI : Marquette University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The modern hope of attaining purely rational and objective knowledge has faltered, to the joy of some and worry of others. Philosophy's attempt to see reality with a god's-eye view is increasingly viewed as unlikely or undesirable, but what fills the vacuum now that the modern project is in jeopardy? Through a Glass Darkly examines the thought of Richard Rorty and Bernard Lonergan on the possibility of knowledge without a god's-eye view. Rorty, one of the most influential contemporary thinkers, exposes the utter contingency of all philosophical solutions and intuitions. Without the pretensions

Contents:

short title page; title page THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY BERNARD LONERGAN & RICHARD RORTY ON KNOWING WITHOUT A GOD'S-EYE VIEW by R. J. Snel; copyright page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 Intuitionism & the End of Philosophy; CHAPTER 2 From Epistemology to Hermeneutics; CHAPTER 3 Cognitional Theory & Self-Knowledge; CHAPTER 4 The Desire to Know; CHAPTER 5 Contingency and the Given; CHAPTER 6 Critical Realism and Conversation; Chapter 7 EPILOGUE Ariadne's Thread; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-232) and index.

ISBN:

0-87462-484-3

1-4356-1072-5

OCLC:

191952664