Course 477 Lecturers: Phillip Cary, Douglas Kellner, Louis Markos, Jeremy Shearmur, and Darren M. Staloff.
Contents:
Lecture 73. Introduction / D. Staloff -- Lecture 74. Hayek and the critique of central planning / J. Shearmur -- Lecture 75. Popper: The open society and the philosophy of science / J. Shearmur -- Lecture 76. Kuhn's paradigm paradigm / J. Shearmur -- Lecture 77. Quine: Ontological relativism / D. Staloff -- Lecture 78. Habermas: Critical theory and communicative action / D. Kellner -- Lecture 79. Rawls's theory of justice / D. Staloff -- Lecture 80. Derrida and deconstruction / L. Markos -- Lecture 81. Rorty's neo-pragmatism / D. Staloff -- Lecture 82. Gouldner: Ideology and the "new" class / D. Staloff -- Lecture 83. MacIntyre: The rationality of traditions / P. Cary -- Lecture 84. Nozick's defense of libertarianism / J. Shearmur.
Summary:
The final section in the series, Part 7 details the skeptical and critical answers reached in the second half of the twentieth century to the questions posed in the previous fifty years. This section covers the work of late twentieth-century philosophers and theorists who focused on two critical features of modernity. One issue focused on modern political theory and practice. The other focused on the ideal of objective scientific rationality and progress.
Series:
The great courses on tape
OCLC:
(OCoLC)48968949
Locations:
JAAX771 -- Faith Baptist Bible College - John L. Patten Library (Ankeny)
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