A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR "ISMS"

Hacker talks about today's "isms" in critical thought. Today's characteristic "isms" come in pairs that purport to be exclusive and exhaustive answers to a given question, and one unthinkingly assumes that a philosopher must be one corresponding "ist" or the o...

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Published in:	American philosophical quarterly (Oxford) Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 97 - 111
Main Author:	Hacker, P. M. S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford North American Philosophical Publications, Inc 01-04-2011 Blackwell Publishers
Subjects:	A priori knowledge American philosophy Critical thought Discourse analysis Empirical knowledge Empiricism Epistemology Identity Jargon Metaphysical naturalism Metaphysics Naturalism Ontology Philosophers Philosophy Truth Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951) Words
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Summary:	Hacker talks about today's "isms" in critical thought. Today's characteristic "isms" come in pairs that purport to be exclusive and exhaustive answers to a given question, and one unthinkingly assumes that a philosopher must be one corresponding "ist" or the other corresponding "ist"--little thinking that he may reject the question to which the pair of "isms" are severally answers. When a philosopher fails to fit a favored "ism", one is typically tempted to squeeze him in even at the cost of gross deformation. Without a philosophical identity card, one is a persona non grata.
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ISSN:	0003-0481 2152-1123