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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... tion . The failure of all efforts to resolve philosophic diversity on the assump- tion that there can be only one correct philosophy suggests that we explore the opposite possibility , that the diverse philosophies only appear Archic ...
... tion . The failure of all efforts to resolve philosophic diversity on the assump- tion that there can be only one correct philosophy suggests that we explore the opposite possibility , that the diverse philosophies only appear Archic ...
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... previous examples conversion formulae which enable us to convert the results of different systems into one another , so here there are transla- tion formulae for converting the results of one geometry into 2 Architectonics of Meaning.
... previous examples conversion formulae which enable us to convert the results of different systems into one another , so here there are transla- tion formulae for converting the results of one geometry into 2 Architectonics of Meaning.
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... tion in the history of thought . When 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 ...
... tion in the history of thought . When 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 ...
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... tion " means copying , so that the better imitation is the better copy , then works of literary art are not imitations . But if " imitation " is used to distin- guish artificial things having an organization and integrity of their own ...
... tion " means copying , so that the better imitation is the better copy , then works of literary art are not imitations . But if " imitation " is used to distin- guish artificial things having an organization and integrity of their own ...
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... tion of subject and object , and things , thoughts , and words correspond to distinctions that can be made within experience . But insofar as each sub- ject matter includes all the others , whatever can be achieved by an inquiry that ...
... tion of subject and object , and things , thoughts , and words correspond to distinctions that can be made within experience . But insofar as each sub- ject matter includes all the others , whatever can be achieved by an inquiry that ...
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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