The Active Life: Miller's Metaphysics Of Democracy

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Author(s): Michael J. Mcgandy
Series: S U N Y Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 231

THE ACTIVE LIFE MILLER’S METAPHYSICS OF DEMOCRACY......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction: The Active and Contemplative Lives......Page 22
1. A Metaphysics of Democracy?......Page 34
1.1 SENSES OF DEMOCRACY......Page 36
1.2 AMERICA’S ANTIMETAPHYSICAL TRADITION......Page 40
1.3 RORTY’S CHALLENGE......Page 43
1.4 MILLER’S ANTIMETAPHYSICAL SYMPATHIES......Page 47
1.5 REVISIONS OF METAPHYSICS AND HISTORY......Page 49
1.6 REINVIGORATING CRITICISM......Page 54
1.7 CONCLUSION......Page 57
2. Action......Page 60
2.1 DISCLOSURE OF ACTION......Page 61
2.2 DIALECTIC AND DEFINITION......Page 68
2.3 DIALECTIC AND ACTION......Page 76
2.4 ACTION AS CONSTRUCTIVE......Page 81
2.5 CONCLUSION......Page 90
3. Symbol......Page 92
3.1 SYMBOLIC ENVIRONMENT......Page 93
3.2 SIGNS AND SYMBOLS......Page 99
3.3 SYMBOLS AND ARTIFACTS......Page 105
3.4 INTERPRETATION......Page 114
3.5 RES PUBLICAE......Page 124
3.6 CONCLUSION......Page 129
4. History......Page 130
4.1 HISTORY AS CONSTITUTIONAL......Page 131
4.2 FATE, DEMONRY, NEMESIS......Page 139
4.3 CONFLICT, REVISION, ACTION......Page 145
4.4 REFLECTION AND AUTONOMY......Page 152
4.5 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY......Page 159
4.6 CONCLUSION......Page 165
5. Democracy......Page 168
5.1 METAPHYSICS OF MORALS......Page 170
5.2 LIBERAL DEMOCRACY......Page 182
5.3 UNIVERSALITY AND PROCESS......Page 187
5.4 DEMOCRACY AND PHILOSOPHY......Page 193
5.5 CONCLUSION......Page 203
Epilogue: The Scholar and the Citizen......Page 206
INTRODUCTION......Page 214
1. A METAPHYSICS OF DEMOCRACY?......Page 216
2. ACTION......Page 217
3. SYMBOL......Page 220
4. HISTORY......Page 223
5. DEMOCRACY......Page 229
EPILOGUE......Page 234
References......Page 236
A......Page 244
C......Page 245
E......Page 246
H......Page 247
M......Page 248
P......Page 249
S......Page 250
W......Page 251