ABSTRACT
First Published in 2004. This volume addresses the interlocking themes of realism, objectivity, existentialism and (eco-socialist) politics, based on critical realism. However, it moves beyond the purely scientific orientation of earlier contributions to this philosophy, to further develop the themes.
The title essay defends objectivity in science, everyday knowledge, and ethics, and examines both subjective idealism and existentialist critiques of objectivity. The other essays examine some of the same themes but from different angles, keeping the politics of the issues at the forefront.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |4 pages
Introduction
part |124 pages
Part I
chapter 1|15 pages
The inorganic body and the ambiguity of freedom *
chapter 2|14 pages
Value, rationality and the environment *
chapter 3|9 pages
Unhewn demonstrations *
chapter 4|11 pages
Critical realism and the heritage of the Enlightenment
chapter 5|9 pages
On slave rebellions in morals
chapter 7|12 pages
Sartre: intimations of authenticity
chapter 8|6 pages
Sartre's mistaken approach to Marxism
chapter 9|28 pages
Berdyaev's socialism
part |115 pages
Part II
