Description
First Published in 2004. This volume addresses the interlocking themes of realism, objectivity, existentialism and (eco-socialist) politics, based on critical realism. However, it moves beyond the purely scientific orientation of earlier contributions to this philosophy, to further develop the themes.
The title essay defends objectivity in science, everyday knowledge, and ethics, and examines both subjective idealism and existentialist critiques of objectivity. The other essays examine some of the same themes but from different angles, keeping the politics of the issues at the forefront.
Table of Contents
Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1 The inorganic body and the ambiguity of freedom; Chapter 2 Value, rationality and the environment; Chapter 3 Unhewn demonstrations; Chapter 4 Critical realism and the heritage of the Enlightenment; Chapter 5 On slave rebellions in morals; Chapter 6 The right rebellion in the wrong cause; Chapter 7 Sartre: intimations of authenticity; Chapter 8 Sartre's mistaken approach to Marxism; Chapter 9 Berdyaev's socialism; Part 2; Chapter 10 In defence of objectivity; Index;
