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'Relativism versus absolutism' is one of the fundamental oppositions that have dominated reflections about science for much of its (modern) history. Often these reflections have been inseparable from wider social-political concerns regarding the position of science in society. Where does this debate stand in the philosophy and sociology of science today? And how does the 'relativism question' relate to current concerns with 'post truth' politics? In Relativism in the Philosophy of Science, Martin Kusch examines some of the most influential relativist proposals of the last fifties years, and the controversies they have triggered. He argues that defensible forms of relativism all deny that any sense can be made of a scientific result being absolutely true or justified, and that they all reject 'anything goes' - that is the thought that all scientific results are epistemically on a par. Kusch concludes by distinguishing between defensible forms of relativism and post-truth thinking.

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In recent years phenomenology has become a resource for reflecting on political questions. While much of this discussion has primarily focused on the ways in which phenomenology can help reformulate central concepts in political theory, the essays in this volume ask in a methodological and systematic way how phenomenology can connect first-person experience with normative principles in political philosophy. The essays are divided into three thematic sections. Part I covers the phenomenology of political experience. The essays in this section focus on a variety of experiences that we come across in political practice. The essays in Part II address the phenomenology of political ontology by examining the constitution of the realm of the political. Finally, Part III analyzes the phenomenology of political episteme in which our political world is grounded. Political Phenomenology will be of interest to researchers working on phenomenology, Continental philosophy, and political theory.

Phenomenology --- Political science --- Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Theory of knowledge --- Political science - Philosophy

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The division between analytic and continental political theory remains as sharp as it is wide, rendering basic problems seemingly intractable. Across the Great Divide offers an accessible and compelling account of how this split has shaped the field of political philosophy and suggests means of addressing it. Rather than advocating a synthesis of these philosophical modes, author Jeremy Arnold argues for aporetic cross-tradition theorizing: bringing together both traditions in order to show how each is at once necessary and limited. Across the Great Divide engages with a range of fundamental political concepts and theorists--from state legitimacy and violence in the work of Stanley Cavell, to personal freedom and its civic institutionalization in Philip Pettit and Hannah Arendt, and justice in John Rawls and Jacques Derrida--not only illustrating the shortcomings of theoretical synthesis but also demonstrating a productive alternative. By outlining the failings of "political realism" as a synthetic cross-tradition approach to political theory and by modeling an aporetic mode of engagement, Arnold shows how we can better understand and address the pressing political issues of civil freedom and state justice today.

Political science --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Continental philosophy --- Philosophy --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Political science - Philosophy

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L'idée d'une opposition entre "élites libérales mondialisées" et "nationalistes et populistes attardés" est désormais bien ancrée dans les esprits. On en vient ainsi, en courant après une miraculeuse "vérité sociologique" que détiendraient les populistes, à tenir des propos qui n'ont rien à envier aux leurs. Comment a-t-on pu en arriver là? Le libéralisme historiquement garant des libertés individuelles contre les dérives autoritaires, relève-t-il de l'histoire ancienne, comme le clament les dirigeants vantant leurs "démocraties illibérales"? Jan-Werner Müller montre comment et pourquoi le libéralisme a perdu de sa superbe une fois la guerre froide terminée. Mais il élabore aussi, en s'appuyant sur les réflexions de Judith Shklar, grande intellectuelle de l'après-guerre encore méconnue en France, un "libéralisme d'en bas"- bien loin de l'idéologie du laisser-faire-, qui serait à l'écoute des plus faibles et soucieux de préserver les citoyens de la peur de l'avenir. Sans doute y a-t-il là une piste sérieuse pour sortir du vain combat entre libéraux et populistes.

Liberalism --- Populism --- Political science --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Philosophy --- Populisme --- Populism. --- Populisme. --- Libéralisme. --- Political science - Philosophy --- Democracy - Philosophy