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Reason, truth, and self : the postmodern reconditioned / Michael Luntley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luntley, Michael, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postmodernism.
- Philosophy.
- Relativity.
- Reason.
- Truth.
- Self.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Sympathisers of the postmodernist critique of absolute knowledge have jetisoned concepts of reason,t ruth and self; this abandonment has fuelled their opponents' case against postmodernism. This has led them to ignore the very real problems raised by the postmodernists. Luntley offers a clear and careful exposition of how rational debate survives despite the Enlightenment's failings. Reason, Truth and Self covers many of the key questions of our age: * How rational is science? * Can we really
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-81469-0
- 0-203-04817-2
- 1-280-10511-9
- 9780203048177
- OCLC:
- 304076627
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