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What is the Difference that Makes a Difference? Gadamer, Habermas, and Rorty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Richard J. Bernstein
Richard J. Bernstein*
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Haverford College
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There are many ways to characterize what we are talking about when we speak of modernity and post-modernity. But one description—as it pertains to philosophy—might go something like this. The “core problem” for philosophy in the modern world has been to resolve what Michael Dummett has called the “scandal” of philosophy:—“the scandal caused by philosophy's lack of a systematic methodology.”

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Part VII. Recent American and Continental Developments
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1982 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1982 , 1982 , pp. 330 - 359
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Copyright © 1983 Philosophy of Science Association

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