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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Página ix
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Página x
... thought deeply engrained in both the individual and the race . The world , we think , is one , and therefore our accounts of it should agree . If two people , or two philosophies , disagree , we think that at least one of them must be ...
... thought deeply engrained in both the individual and the race . The world , we think , is one , and therefore our accounts of it should agree . If two people , or two philosophies , disagree , we think that at least one of them must be ...
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... thought . A philosophy re - orients all one's thought because it is in its nature con- cerned with what is primary and universal . This very primacy and univer- sality , however , can also make it easy to attain at least a partial grasp ...
... thought . A philosophy re - orients all one's thought because it is in its nature con- cerned with what is primary and universal . This very primacy and univer- sality , however , can also make it easy to attain at least a partial grasp ...
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... thought to be really incom- patible , and the shift from one to the other figures as an important revolu- tion in the history of thought . When knowledge is expressed mathematically , it is comparatively easy to distinguish between real ...
... thought to be really incom- patible , and the shift from one to the other figures as an important revolu- tion in the history of thought . When knowledge is expressed mathematically , it is comparatively easy to distinguish between real ...
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... thought and in its expression in words that gives rise to philosophic diversity . ( 2 ) There is no way of avoiding this arbitrariness , since if one is to think or speak at all one must make some choice or other with respect to these ...
... thought and in its expression in words that gives rise to philosophic diversity . ( 2 ) There is no way of avoiding this arbitrariness , since if one is to think or speak at all one must make some choice or other with respect to these ...
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 |
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