How Long to Read Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom

How Long Does it Take to Read Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom by Roy Bhaskar

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

First published in 2011. In Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom Roy Bhaskar sets out to develop a critique of the work of Richard Rorty, who must be one of the most in?uential authors of recent decades. In a brilliant tour de force, Bhaskar shows how Rorty falls victim to the very epistemological problematic Rorty himself describes. Roy Bhaskar argues that Rorty’s account of science and knowledge is based on a half-truth. He sees the historicity of knowledge but cannot sustain its rationality or the reality of the objects it describes. The author further argues that Rorty’s problem-?eld replicates the Kantian resolution of the third antinomy: we are determined as material bodies, but free as discursive (speaking and writing) subjects. Rorty’s actualism (like Kant’s) makes human agency impossible. Developing his own critical realism, Bhaskar shows just where Rorty’s system comes unstuck, and how the philosophical problems to which it gives rise can be rationally resolved and explained. In this process Bhaskar utilizes his critique of Rorty to begin to elaborate his own alternative interpretation and critique of the philosophical conversation of the West.

How long is Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom?

Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom by Roy Bhaskar is 181 pages long, and a total of 45,431 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom aloud.

What Reading Level is Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom?

Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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