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The force of the example : explorations in the paradigm of judgment /

During the twentieth century, the view that assertions and norms are valid insofar as they respond to principles independent of all local and temporal contexts came under attack from two perspectives: the partiality of translation and the intersubjective constitution of the self, understood as respo...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferrara, Alessandro, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Series:New directions in critical theory.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:During the twentieth century, the view that assertions and norms are valid insofar as they respond to principles independent of all local and temporal contexts came under attack from two perspectives: the partiality of translation and the intersubjective constitution of the self, understood as responsive to recognition. Defenses of universalism have by and large taken the form of a thinning out of substantive universalism into various forms of proceduralism. Alessandro Ferrara instead launches an entirely different strategy for transcending the particularity of context without co.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
ISBN:9780231511926
0231511922