SUNY Press Catalog - Spring 2009 - (Page 32) philosophy rOrTY, PrAGMATISM, AND CONFUCIANISM With Responses by Richard Rorty Yong Huang, editor An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty. POSTPHENOMENOLOGY AND TECHNOSCIENCE THE PEKING UNIVERSITY LECTURES POSTPHENOMENOLOGY AND TECHNOSCIENCE The Peking University lectures Don Ihde Maps the future of phenomenological thought, accounting for how technology expands our means of experiencing the world. Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism offers a fascinating conversation between Confucianism, historically the dominant tradition in Chinese thought and society, and the contemporary philosophy of Richard Rorty. Well aware that his philosophical hero, John Dewey, has had a lasting influence among Chinese intellectuals, Rorty expressed a wish that his own books, which have been rapidly translated into Chinese, be read as an updated version of Dewey’s philosophy. In this book, twelve authors engage Rorty’s thought in a hermeneutic dialogue with Confucianism, using Confucianism to interpret and reconstruct Rorty while exploring such topics as human nature, moral psychology, moral relativism, moral progress, democracy, tradition, moral metaphysics, and religiosity. Rorty himself provides a detailed reply to each author. W I T H R E S P O N S E S BY R I C H A R D R O RT Y Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism Edited by Yong Huang DON IHDE A revised form of phenomenology, postphenomenology aims to overcome the limitations of subjectivism and its largely dystopian stance toward science and technology. Timely and insightful, this book provides a useful introduction to postphenomenology, asking how it can effectively transform classical phenomenology into a new and concrete reflection upon technoscience. Tracing the modern history of phenomenology, pragmatism, and philosophy of science, Don Ihde proposes a reframing of phenomenology to better suit today’s contemporary world. An excellent overview of the recent history of the philosophy of science, Postphenomenology and Technoscience revitalizes conceptual frameworks that still have much to offer. “…high marks. It is one of Ihde’s best. This should create an even broader audience for his work.” — Larry Hickman, author of Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism: Lessons from John Dewey Don ihde is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of many books, including Experimental Phenomenology: An Introduction and Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of Sound, Second Edition, both also published by SUNY Press. A volume in the SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Lenore Langsdorf, editor MArCH • 112 pp 22 b/w photographs, 16 figures $19.95 pb 978-1-4384-2622-8 $60.00 hc 978-1-4384-2621-1 yong Huang is Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown University and the author of Religious Goodness and Political Rightness: Beyond the Liberal-Communitarian Debate. A volume in the SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Roger T. Ames, editor www.sunypress.edu APrIL • 336 pp $85.00 jacketed hc 978-0-7914-7683-3 directtext dt e 32 P e http://www.sunypress.edu http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61732 http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61809
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