Defending Objectivity: Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier / Edition 1

by Margaret Archer, William Outhwaite

Overview

Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following:
* objectivity of value
* objectivity and everyday knowledge
* objectivity in political economy
* objectivity and reflexivity
* objectivity postmodernism and feminism
* objectivity and nature
The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415338233
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/22/2004
Series:	Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Margaret Archer, William Outhwaite

Table of Contents

Encounters with Andrew Collier
1. Roy Bhaskar, A Considerable Realist: A Personal and Intellectual Tribute to Andrew Collier
2. Ruth Merttens , Losing the Plot Critiques of Counter-Objectivity
3. Ray Monk , Objectivity, Postmodernism and Biographical Understanding: Andrew Collier on R. D. Laing
4. Douglas V. Porpora , Objectivity and Phallogocentrism The Objectivity of Value
5. Alison Assiter , The Objectivity of Value
6. John O'Neil , Commerce and the Language of Value
7. Andrew Sayer , Restoring the Moral dimension in Social Scientific Accounts: A Qualified Ethical Naturalist Approach Objectivity and Everyday Knowledge
8. Margaret S. Archer , Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge
9. Justin Cruickshank , Practical Knowledge and Realism: Linking Andrew Collier on Lay Knowledge to Karl Popper on the Philosophy of Science
10. Jonathan Joseph , Being and Knowledge Objectivity and Materialism
11. Jolyon Agar, Towards Objectivity: From Kant to Marx
12. Christopher J. Arthur , The Contradictions of Capital
13. Phil Warden , Understanding Objectivity in a Material World Objectivity and Reflexivity
14. Alan Montefiore , Reason and its Self-Undoing?
15. William Outwaite , Intentional and Reflexive Objectivity: Some Reflections Objectivity and Nature
16. Ted Benton , Realism about the Value of Nature? Andrew Collier's Environmental Philosophy
17. Kate Soper , Objectivity, Experience and the Aesthetic of Nature