Wednesday 13 January 2010

Taylor (1971) Interpretation and the Sciences of Man

Taylor, Charles. "Interpretation and the Sciences of Man." In Philosophy and the Human Sciences: Philosophical Papers 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985; originally published in Review of Metaphysics vol 25, 1971 pp3-51; reprinted in Martin and MacIntyre;
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Questions for discussion:
1. What are Taylor’s arguments against the eptistemological analysis related to verificationism?
2. What does ‘hermeneutical’ mean, and imply, for Taylor?
3. What is the relationship between ‘reality’ and ‘intersubjectivity, for Taylor?.