Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity
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Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity is a philosophical work that critiques the rationalist foundations of modern Western thought and argues for a more historically grounded, human-centered understanding of reason and modernity.
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Target entity: Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity Context triple: [Stephen Toulmin, notableWork, Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity]
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We Have Never Been Modern
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In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
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Target entity: Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity Target entity description: Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity is a philosophical work that critiques the rationalist foundations of modern Western thought and argues for a more historically grounded, human-centered understanding of reason and modernity.
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A.
The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
-
B.
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World is a non-fiction book by Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul that critiques economic globalization and explores emerging alternatives for organizing political and social life.
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C.
The New Modernism
The New Modernism is a theological and philosophical critique by Cornelius Van Til that challenges modernist and neo-orthodox approaches to Christianity from a presuppositional Reformed perspective.
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D.
We Have Never Been Modern
We Have Never Been Modern is a seminal 1991 work of science and technology studies by Bruno Latour that challenges the traditional divide between nature and society and critiques the modernist worldview.
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E.
The West and the Rest
The West and the Rest is a political and cultural critique by philosopher Roger Scruton examining the historical development, values, and global impact of Western civilization in contrast to non-Western societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
historically grounded understanding of reason
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human-centered understanding of modernity ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Toulmin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
Cartesian rationalism
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abstract universalism in modern philosophy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
contingency in history
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historical context of philosophical ideas ⓘ human finitude ⓘ practical reasoning ⓘ |
| examines |
impact of scientific revolution on philosophy
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relationship between science and ethics ⓘ role of uncertainty in human life ⓘ transition from Renaissance to modernity ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
17th century
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early modern Europe ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critique of rationalist foundations of modernity ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of modern concept of certainty
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interplay of politics and epistemology ⓘ limits of scientific rationality ⓘ pluralism in modern societies ⓘ recovery of Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance humanism
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history of science ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Enlightenment
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Western philosophy ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ modern Western thought ⓘ modernity ⓘ rationalism ⓘ reason ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
history and philosophy of science
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pragmatism-adjacent thought ⓘ |
| proposes | reassessment of the Enlightenment project ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Chicago Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Uses of Argument ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
historians of ideas
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philosophers ⓘ students of modernity ⓘ |
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