Towards a philosophical anthropology of culture : naturalism, relativism, and skepticism

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Title
"Towards a philosophical anthropology of culture : naturalism, relativism, and skepticism"
Statement of Responsibility
Kevin M. Cahill
Publisher
  • Routledge
Publication Year
  • 2021
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hbk

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Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-182) and index

Summary: "This book explores the question of what it means to be a human being through sustained and original analyses of three important philosophical topics: relativism, skepticism, and naturalism in the social sciences. Kevin Cahill's approach involves an original employment of historical and ethnographic material that is both conceptual and empirical in order to address relevant philosophical issues. Specifically, while Cahill avoids interpretative debates, he develops an approach to philosophical critique based on Cora Diamond's and James Conant's work on the early Wittgenstein. This makes possible the use of a concept of culture that avoids the dogmatism that not only typifies traditional metaphysics but also frequently mars arguments from ordinary language or phenomenology. This is especially crucial for the third part of the book, which involves a cultural-historical critique of the ontology of the self in Stanley Cavell's work on skepticism. In pursuing this strategy, ..."

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