Charles Taylor

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Edited by Ruth Abbey

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published March 2004, 232 pages, paper

ISBN 0521805228

Charles Taylor is one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary philosophy. In a time of increasing specialization Taylor's ability to contribute to philosophical conversations across a wide spectrum of ideas is distinctive and impressive. These areas include moral theory, theories of subjectivity, political theory, epistemology, hermeneutics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and aesthetics. His most recent writings have seen him branching into the study of religion.

Contributors: Ruth Abbey, Nicholas Smith, Hubert Dreyfus, Fergus Kerr, Stephen Mulhall, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Melissa Orlie, William E. Connolly, Terry Pinkard

 Contents

Introduction: timely meditations in an untimely mode -- Ruth Abbey
1. Taylor and the hermeneutic tradition -- Nicholas Smith
2. Taylor's (anti-)epistemology -- Hubert Dreyfus
3. The self and the good: Charles Taylor's moral ontology -- Fergus Kerr
4. Taylor's political philosophy -- Stephen Mulhall
5. Toleration, proselytizing, and the politics of recognition -- Jean Bethke Elshtain
6. Taylor and feminism: from recognition of identity to a politics of the good -- Melissa Orlie
7. Catholicism and philosophy: a nontheistic appreciation -- William E. Connolly
8. History, agency and the history of philosophy Terry Pinkard.