The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation

by Nicholas Capaldi

Analytic philosophy has been a dominant intellectual movement in the 20th century and a reflection of the cultural pre-eminence of scientism. In response to analytic philosophy's peculiar reticence (and inability) to discuss itself, this book provides its first comprehensive history and critique.
The central element in the analytic conversation has been the Enlightenment Project: the appeal to an autonomous human reason, freed of any higher...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792350146
• ISBN13: 9780792350149
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.7"