A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR "ISMS"

A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR "ISMS"

Hacker talks about today's "isms" in critical thought. Today's characteristic "isms" come in pairs that purport to be exclusive and exhaustive answers to a given question, and one unthinkingly assumes that a philosopher must be one corresponding "ist" or the o...

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Veröffentlicht in:American philosophical quarterly (Oxford) 2011-04, Vol.48 (2), p.97-111
1. Verfasser: Hacker, P. M. S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
A priori knowledge
American philosophy
Critical thought
Discourse analysis
Empirical knowledge
Empiricism
Epistemology
Identity
Metaphysical naturalism
Metaphysics
Naturalism
Ontology
Philosophers
Philosophy
Terminology
Truth
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)
Words
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Zusammenfassung:Hacker talks about today's "isms" in critical thought. Today's characteristic "isms" come in pairs that purport to be exclusive and exhaustive answers to a given question, and one unthinkingly assumes that a philosopher must be one corresponding "ist" or the other corresponding "ist"--little thinking that he may reject the question to which the pair of "isms" are severally answers. When a philosopher fails to fit a favored "ism", one is typically tempted to squeeze him in even at the cost of gross deformation. Without a philosophical identity card, one is a persona non grata.
ISSN:0003-0481
2152-1123