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9780226560298

Freedom and History and Other Essays

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226560298

  • ISBN10:

    0226560295

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-02-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

This volume of essays is an important introduction to the thought of one of the twentieth century's most significant yet underappreciated philosophers, Richard McKeon. The originator of philosophical pluralism, McKeon made extraordinary contributions to philosophy, to international relations, and to theory-formation in the communication arts, aesthetics, the organization of knowledge, and the practical sciences. This collection, which includes a philosophical autobiography as well as the out-of-print title essay "Freedom and History" and a previously unpublished essay on "Philosophic Semantics and Philosophic Inquiry," is a testimony to the range and systematic power of McKeon's thinking for the social sciences and the humanities.

Author Biography

At the time of his death in 1985, Richard McKeon was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and Greek at the University of Chicago, where he had taught since 1935. During his career he served as advisor to the United States Delegations at the first three sessions of UNESCO and was a founding member of UNESCO's International Institute of Philosophy. A prolific author, McKeon wrote eleven books and over 150 journal articles.


Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Spiritual Autobiography
Philosophy and History in the Development of Human Rights
The Development and the Significance of the Concept of Responsibility
Communication, Truth, and Society
Dialogue and Controversy in Philosophy
Has History a Direction? Philosophical Principles and Objective InterpretationsEssay, Oral Presentation, Reply to Queries, and Commentary
Freedom and History
Historical Background and Theoretic Assumptions
Historical Semantics and Philosophical Semantics
The Dialectical Analysis of Freedom and History
The Logistic Analysis of Freedom and History
The Problematic Analysis of Freedom and History
Semantics, Philosophy, and Action
Philosophic Semantics and Philosophic Inquiry Author-Title
Index
Subject Index
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