Postmodernism: An Anti-Foundational Philosophy of Western Intellectual Tradition

Postmodernism, Philosophy and Literature

No special definite definition does exist for postmodernism however it has had an inordinate effect on art, architecture, music, film, literature, philosophy, sociology, communications, fashion, and technology. The main body of this work can be seen as an admiration and reverence for the values and ideals associated with postmodern philosophy as well as postmodern literature. , I have argued th...

Postmodernism — Science — Philosophy

The fundamental questions to be addressed are these: What is the impact of "postmodernism" on the relationship between philosophy and science? What are the possible consequences of the postmodernist whirlwind on the status of philosophy in contemporary culture? And, does postmodernism add new questions to the gnawing issue over the degree, if any, to which a philosopher is a scientist? It would...

Anti-Foundational Knowledge Management

INTRODUCTION Under the influence of Enlightenment epistemo-logical thought, the social sciences have exhibited a distinct tendency to prefer deterministic1 explanations of social phenomena. In the sociology of knowledge, for example, " foundational " researchers seek to arrive at objective knowledge of social phenomena through the application of " social scientific methodolog[ies] based on the ...

A History of Western Philosophy

The Western Medical Tradition and Typology of “Kinds of Medicine”

Religio-philosophical systems and their impact on the history of medicine D.A. Balalykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Philosophy of Eugenics: gains and losses E.N. Shulga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....