MAKING SENSE OF MACINTYRE. (2018)
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- Book
- Title:
- MAKING SENSE OF MACINTYRE. (2018)
- Main Title:
- MAKING SENSE OF MACINTYRE.
- Other Names:
- Fuller, Michael
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Making sense of MacIntyre; Introduction; I Explaining the modern muddle; II Virtues, rules, practices and traditions; III The functional concept of good: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas; IV Aristotle and Aquinas: metaphysics and the greatest good; V The growth of modern science: fact and value; VI Encyclopaedia: the ideals of the Enlightenment; VII Genealogy: Nietzsche and his hammer; VIII What do ""Aristotelianism"" and ""Thomism"" mean?; IX Truth and tradition X MacIntyre's arguments against encyclopaedia and genealogyXI Is Thomism coherent?; XII Conclusion; 2: Casuistry and the nature of ethics; Introduction; I The workings of casuistry; II The 'pros' and 'cons' of casuistry; III MacIntyre's attitude to casuistry: a cautious defence?; IV Alternatives to casuistry: situationism, conscience, intuition, antinomianism; V An argument for the sameness of casuistry; VI MacIntyre's response; VII Some details of MacIntyre's arguments about the modern muddle; VIII Conclusion: MacIntyre and Rorty; 3: Incommensurability; Introduction I Incommensurability and conceptual schemes: translation, meaning, truth and justificationII Davidson: on the very idea of a conceptual scheme; III MacIntyre's response to Davidson; IV MacIntyre's arguments against relativism and perspectivism; V Rorty on incommensurability; VI Conclusion: Davidson, MacIntyre and Rorty; 4: Some other issues; Introduction; I The narrativeCover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1: Making sense of MacIntyre; Introduction; I Explaining the modern muddle; II Virtues, rules, practices and traditions; III The functional concept of good: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas; IV Aristotle and Aquinas: metaphysics and the greatest good; V The growth of modern science: fact and value; VI Encyclopaedia: the ideals of the Enlightenment; VII Genealogy: Nietzsche and his hammer; VIII What do ""Aristotelianism"" and ""Thomism"" mean?; IX Truth and tradition X MacIntyre's arguments against encyclopaedia and genealogyXI Is Thomism coherent?; XII Conclusion; 2: Casuistry and the nature of ethics; Introduction; I The workings of casuistry; II The 'pros' and 'cons' of casuistry; III MacIntyre's attitude to casuistry: a cautious defence?; IV Alternatives to casuistry: situationism, conscience, intuition, antinomianism; V An argument for the sameness of casuistry; VI MacIntyre's response; VII Some details of MacIntyre's arguments about the modern muddle; VIII Conclusion: MacIntyre and Rorty; 3: Incommensurability; Introduction I Incommensurability and conceptual schemes: translation, meaning, truth and justificationII Davidson: on the very idea of a conceptual scheme; III MacIntyre's response to Davidson; IV MacIntyre's arguments against relativism and perspectivism; V Rorty on incommensurability; VI Conclusion: Davidson, MacIntyre and Rorty; 4: Some other issues; Introduction; I The narrative unity of a human life; II Fact, theory and value; III MacIntyre on tradition; IV MacIntyre and Rorty: personal identity and truth; V Liberalism, communitarianism and the real world of the twenty-first century; Bibliography … (more)
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- Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Subjects:
- 192
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429450914
0429450915
9780429835124
0429835124 - Related ISBNs:
- 1138324337
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