Re: [Foucault-L] New Book

congratulations. Will try to get a copy.
best
amit

On 21 February 2011 00:00, Paul Taborsky <pdtaborsky@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> I would like to mention the publication of my new book, which might be of
> interest to list members: The Logic of Cultures - Three structures of
> philosophical thought (Bern: Peter Lang, 2010).
>
> Here is the catalogue synopsis:
>
> This book proposes to identify three long-term structures in causal
> reasoning -
> in particular, in terms of the relationship between cause and identity -
> that
> appear to be of value in categorizing and organizing various trends in
> philosophical thought. Such conceptual schemes involve a host of
> philosophical
> dilemmas (such as the problem of relativism), which are examined in the
> first
> chapter. A number of naturalistic and transcendental approaches to this
> problem
> are also analysed.
>
> In particular, the book attempts to construct a theoretical basis for
> Foucault's
> tripartite classification of epistemological structures in European
> thought. The
> final chapter attempts to buttress the above schema by extending the
> analysis
> from cause and identity to growth, change, and stability, critiquing
> certain
> ideas of Foucault and Heidegger, as well as examining the contemporary
> thought
> of process philosophy and complexity theory.
>
> Contents: Plurality and Causality - What is a Paradigm? - Paradigms and
> Causal
> Structure - Universality and Mathesis Universalis - Temporality and
> Visibility -
> Classical and Modern Probability Theory - The Environment and
> Non-Monotonicity -
> The Marburg School and the Limit Concept; Foucault's concept of 'Man' -
> Nineteenth Century Philosophy of Science - A Dynamic Model - Foucault and
> the
> Birth of the Clinic - Process, Growth and Complexity - Time and History.
>
> It may be found on-line here:
>
>
> http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=54666&concordeid=430378
>
>
> And (more cheaply) here:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.ca/Logic-Cultures-Structures-Philosophical-Thought/dp/3034303785/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1298224788&sr=8-1
>
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