Tag: Book Review
Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry Review
Alasdair MacIntyre’s, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopedia, Genealogy, and Tradition came to fruition out of the Gifford lectures. MacIntyre continues to be revolutionary in his arguments concerning the Aristotelian tradition and its relation to contemporary society. While a weak agreement with his thesis may lead one to conclude that universities must reform, a…
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory Review
Alasdair MacIntyre’s, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, caused nothing less than a revolution in ethics. As Aristotelian virtue ethics has woken from its slumber, MacIntyre provided the alarm that woke it. Like the Nietzsche whom serves as a useful conversational partner, MacIntyre finds himself running through the streets of modernity screaming “Morality is…
Scientific Representation: Paradoxes of Perspective Review
Knowing whether one is reading paradigm shifting philosophy or the ramblings of a mad man is like determining if one is looking at modern art or toddler finger painting. One rarely knows if the struggle to understand lay with reader or the artist. This line becomes further obfuscated in the philosophy of science, as the…
Against Method Review
Against Method invokes rare emotions in philosophy of science: light-hearted fun and humor. Paul Feyerabend argues from science that we must deconstruct the pillars of reason and logic that prop up intellectual life. He goes so far as to argue that those who pursue unreasonable theories aid the pursuit of truth more than those who…
