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Authenticity and the reconciliation of modernity
pp. 71-91
Abstract
This chapter shows how Taylor's notion of authenticity, Polanyi's postcritical epistemology and Aristotle's conception of actualization come together in a fruitful way. Lowney demonstrates how the subjective feeling of beauty or a "resonance" can plausibly indicate the existence of reality or of a personal ideal. He shows how three strands of modernity, represented by the Aristotelian traditionalist, scientific rationalist, and the subjective expressivist, all have something to contribute to a new modernity, and how each may find valuable insights in views that it normally opposes.
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Lowney Charles W. (2017) Charles Taylor, Michael Polanyi and the critique of modernity: pluralist and emergentist directions. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 71-91
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63898-0_5
Full citation:
Lowney Charles W. (2017) „Authenticity and the reconciliation of modernity“, In: C. W. Lowney (ed.), Charles Taylor, Michael Polanyi and the critique of modernity, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 71–91.