On a Certain Blindness in Political Matters
This essay argues for two complementary theses, one pertaining to epistemology and the other to politics. First, unless philosophy adopts a radical empiricist standpoint and seeks the uttermost generalities, it cannot differentiate itself from yet another form of limited expertise and becomes useles...
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doaj-1b40807ac52b4d3680e544e69bfa625b2020-11-24T22:21:37ZengCosmos and History Publishing Co-op.Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy1832-91012011-11-0172204235On a Certain Blindness in Political MattersMichel WeberThis essay argues for two complementary theses, one pertaining to epistemology and the other to politics. First, unless philosophy adopts a radical empiricist standpoint and seeks the uttermost generalities, it cannot differentiate itself from yet another form of limited expertise and becomes useless. Second, both radical empiricism and imaginative pragmatism lead the philosopher towards the left end of the political spectrum, i.e., to a radically progressive politics.http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/251/384William JamesAlfred North WhiteheadRadical EmpiricismEpistemologyPolitical radicalism |
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This essay argues for two complementary theses, one pertaining to epistemology and the other to politics. First, unless philosophy adopts a radical empiricist standpoint and seeks the uttermost generalities, it cannot differentiate itself from yet another form of limited expertise and becomes useless. Second, both radical empiricism and imaginative pragmatism lead the philosopher towards the left end of the political spectrum, i.e., to a radically progressive politics. |
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