Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Schmaus, Warren
Titre(s) : Liberty and the pursuit of knowledge [Texte imprimé] : Charles Renouvier's political philosophy of science / Warren Schmaus
Publication : Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-154 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 135-147. Index
French philosopher Charles Renouvier played an influential role in reviving philosophy
in France after it was proscribed during the Second Empire. Drawn to the ideals of
the French Revolution, Renouvier came to recognize that the free will and civil liberties
he supported were essential to the pursuit of science, contrary to the ideologies
of positivists and socialists who would restrict liberty in the name of science. He
struggled against monarchy and religious authority in the period up through 1848 and
defended a liberal, secular form of political organization at a critical turning point
in French history, the beginning of the Third Republic. As Warren Schmaus argues,
Renouvier's work provides an example of one way in which philosophy of science can
succeed in bringing about change in political life—by critiquing political ideologies
that falsely claim absolute certainty on religious, scientific, or any other grounds.
Liberty and the Pursuit of Knowledge explores the understudied relationship between
Renouvier's philosophy of science and his political philosophy, shedding new light
on the significance of his thought for the history of philosophy
Sujet(s) : Renouvier, Charles (1815-1903) -- Philosophie politique
Renouvier, Charles (1815-1903) -- Philosophie des sciences
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780822945352. - ISBN 0822945355 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45697250v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45697250
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Renouvier's place in nineteenth-century French thought ; Renouvier's critique of
Comtean positivism ; Renouvier and mathematics ; Renouvier on evolution ; Kant,
free will, and the social contract ; Hypothesis and convention in Renouvier's philosophy
of science.
