Gary Gutting offers a powerful account of the nature of human reason in modern times. His own position is defined as 'pragmatic liberalism'. Gutting analyzes the work of three dominant philosophical voices in our time: Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Charles Taylor.
Based on detailed case studies of major achievements in recent analytic philosophy, this book both provides a lucid survey of the work... Læs mere
This book tells, clearly and comprehensively, the story of French philosophy in the twentieth century, from its early preoccupations with spiritualism and philosophy of science, through the emergence of existential phenomenology, to the major trends at the end of the century.