The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New PluralismState University of New York Press, 1985 M10 1 - 205 páginas "This book presents what I take to be the most significant philosophic discovery of the present century. This is the discovery, first, of the fact of pluralism, that the truth admits of more than one valid formulation, and, second, of the reason for this fact in arbitrary or conventional elements inseparable from the nature of thought itself. With this discovery, the very thing that was formerly thought to be a scandal and a disgrace to philosophy, namely, that philosophers do not agree, turns out to be its great virtue. For through it are revealed essential features of all thought." Thus begins what seems destined to become one of the most influential works of modern philosophy. Building on the work of Richard McKeon, Walter Watson analyzes the presence and importance of "archic elements" in texts of every kind — philosophic, scientific, literary, political. "Archic elements" correspond to what we think of as differences of conceptual framework. Professor Watson brings them into the full light of day, and shows how they can be treated systematically. As a result, new patterns of relationship emerge within and among the various philosophic traditions of the world, and between philosophy and the special arts and sciences. The enterprise of textual interpretation acquires new precision. This is the first truly useful taxonomy of all ideas. |
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... importance . For the discovery of pluralism is not the discovery of some new item to be added to our knowledge , but is rather the discovery of an unrecognized dimension present in all our X Architectonics of Meaning.
... importance . For the discovery of pluralism is not the discovery of some new item to be added to our knowledge , but is rather the discovery of an unrecognized dimension present in all our X Architectonics of Meaning.
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... knowledge . Heavy demands are therefore placed on both the author and the reader of a book that attempts to present the foundations of the new pluralism . The discovery of pluralism is the result of the whole development of con- scious ...
... knowledge . Heavy demands are therefore placed on both the author and the reader of a book that attempts to present the foundations of the new pluralism . The discovery of pluralism is the result of the whole development of con- scious ...
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... knowledge is expressed mathematically , it is comparatively easy to distinguish between real and apparent incompatibility and to identify arbitrary elements . Schrödinger , for example , was able to demonstrate the formal equivalence of ...
... knowledge is expressed mathematically , it is comparatively easy to distinguish between real and apparent incompatibility and to identify arbitrary elements . Schrödinger , for example , was able to demonstrate the formal equivalence of ...
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... knowledge . And , as in the mathematical cases , one must use some system of meaning or other if one is to assert anything , and presumably translation from one system to another is possible , although hardly with the precision of ...
... knowledge . And , as in the mathematical cases , one must use some system of meaning or other if one is to assert anything , and presumably translation from one system to another is possible , although hardly with the precision of ...
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... knowledge : Hitherto it has been assumed that all our knowledge must conform to objects . But all attempts to extend our knowledge of objects by establishing something in regard to them a priori , by means of concepts , have , on this ...
... knowledge : Hitherto it has been assumed that all our knowledge must conform to objects . But all attempts to extend our knowledge of objects by establishing something in regard to them a priori , by means of concepts , have , on this ...
Contenido
1 | |
The Problem of Archic Variables | 15 |
III | 41 |
IV | 50 |
Creative Principles | 103 |
Elemental Principles | 114 |
Comprehensive Principles | 126 |
Reflexive Principles | 136 |
VI | 151 |
Notes | 171 |
Bibliography | 185 |
Index | 195 |
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The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New Pluralism Walter Watson Vista previa limitada - 1993 |
The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New Pluralism Walter Watson Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
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