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Transcending Postmodernism

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Morton A. Kaplan

    1. University of Chicago, USA

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  2. Inanna Hamati-Ataya

    1. University of Aberystwyth, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  3. A World View

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. The Operations of Mind That Produce Language

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 43-63

    3. Human Reason and a Common World View: Why Wittgenstein and Rawls are Both Wrong

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 64-87

    4. Evolving Human Nature and Multi-stable Justice

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 88-110

  4. Analytics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Meaning and Logic

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 113-135

    3. The Nature of Reality as Illuminated by Quantum Physics

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 136-147

  5. Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Theories, General Theories, Systems Theories, and Language Games

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 151-162

    3. Misinterpretations of International Systems Theory

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 163-167

    4. Realism and Theory

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 168-184

  6. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. The Retrogressive Impact of Contemporary Realism on International Theory

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 187-195

    3. Tribe and Scalia on the Constitution: A Third View

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 196-218

    4. The Market and Liberal Democracy

      • Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
      Pages 219-232

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 233-247
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About this book

Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical knowledge, which no more has a terminal state than an infinite set has a last term, advances when the dialectical relationship between the two approaches is synthesized. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects. The intimate dialectical relationship between theory and meaning is explored in detail in the area of international theory. The recent emphasis on realism rests on a regressive misunderstanding of the dialectical relationship between theory and practice that loses Newton's acute understanding of it, an understanding that underlies the great advances of physics, and that is lost in the contemporary social sciences.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Chicago, USA

    Morton A. Kaplan

  • University of Aberystwyth, UK

    Inanna Hamati-Ataya

About the authors

Morton A. Kaplan is Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA. He is an internationally renowned scholar in Political Science and International Relations, and a pioneer in the development of systems theory and its application to world politics. His System and Process in International Politics (1957) is a classic of International Relations theory.

Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.

 
Patrick A Heelan is William A. Gaston Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA.

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