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Transcending Postmodernism
Kaplan, Morton A.; Hamati-Ataya, Inanna
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Description for Transcending Postmodernism
Hardcover. Professor Morton A. Kaplan offers a philosophical synthesis that transcends the long-standing divide between the analytical and hermeneutic traditions of inquiry. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical knowledge, which no more has a terminal state than an infinite set has a last term, advances when the dialectical relationship between the two approaches is synthesized. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects. The intimate dialectical relationship between theory and meaning is explored in detail in the area of international theory. The recent emphasis on realism rests ... Read more
Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical knowledge, which no more has a terminal state than an infinite set has a last term, advances when the dialectical relationship between the two approaches is synthesized. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects. The intimate dialectical relationship between theory and meaning is explored in detail in the area of international theory. The recent emphasis on realism rests ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137358561
SKU
V9781137358561
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About Kaplan, Morton A.; Hamati-Ataya, Inanna
Morton A. Kaplan is Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA. He is an internationally renowned scholar in Political Science and International Relations, and a pioneer in the development of systems theory and its application to world politics. His System and Process in International Politics (1957) is a classic of International Relations theory. Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the ... Read more
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