Critical Conditions

by Horace L. Fairlamb

Book Overview

The postmodern debate has been heavily influenced by often contradictory conclusions about the foundations of knowledge. Horace Fairlamb contends that philosophy's foundationist quest has usually been misconceived as a choice between super-science and theoretical anarchy. Examining the history of foundationism, and providing detailed analysis of the work of leading theorists, including Fish, Foucault, Derrida, Gadamer and Habermas, Dr. Fairlamb argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521450470
• ISBN13: 9780521450478
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"