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- Back to the Rough Ground: Practical Judgment and the Lure of Technique
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
- Series: Revisions: A Series of Books on Ethics
summary
Back to the Rough Ground is a philosophical investigation of practical knowledge, with major import for professional practice and the ethical life in modern society. Its purpose is to clarify the kind of knowledge that informs good practice in a range of disciplines such as education, psychotherapy, medicine, management, and law. Through reflection on key modern thinkers who have revived cardinal insights of Aristotle, and a sustained engagement with the Philosopher himself, it presents a radical challenge to the scientistic assumptions that have dominated how these professional domains have been conceived, practiced, and institutionalized.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword to the Paperback Edition
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-28
- A. Specific Domains: Religion, Art, and Politics
- B. The Universal Scope of Philosophical Hermeneutics
- C. The Challenge of Critical Theory
- Part 2: Phronesis and Techne in Aristotle
- pp. 235-236
- Bibliography to Introduction and Part 1
- pp. 469-476
- Bibliography to Part 2 and Epilogue
- pp. 477-484
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268161125
Related ISBN(s)
9780268007058, 9780268161132, 9780268161729
MARC Record
OCLC
1016764638
Pages
512
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1993