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Knowledge and human interest
I am undertaking a historically oriented attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of modern positivism with the systematic intention of analyzing the connections between knowledge and human interests. In following the process of the dissolution of epistemology, which has left the philosophy of science in its place, one makes one's way over abandoned stages of reflection. Retreading this path from a perspective that looks back toward the point of departure may help to recover the forgotten experience of reflection. That we disavow reflection is positivism. The analysis of the connection of knowledge and interest should support the assertion that a radical critique of knowledge is possible only as social theory. This idea is implicit in Marx's theory of society, even though it cannot be gathered from the self-understanding of Marx or of Marxism. Nevertheless I have not gone into the objective context in which the development of philosophy from Hegel to Nietzsche took place. Instead I have limited myself to following immanently the movement of thought. This has its logic, for only at the price of dilettantism could I anticipate a social theory at which I should first like to arrive through the self-reflection of science.1 Now the first step in that direction has been taken. Thus this investigation cannot claim more than the role of a prolegomenon. I first expounded the systematic perspectives guiding this investigation in my Frankfurt inaugural address of June, 1965, published as an appendix to the present volume.- The section on positivism, pragmatism, and historicism goes back to lectures in Heidelberg in the winter semester of 1963-64. Without my discussions with Karl-Otto Apel, which extend back to the time of my university studies, without his suggestions and disagreements, this theoretical framework would never have found its present form.3 vn Vlll PREFACE In this framework psychoanalysis occupies an important place as an example. It seems to me necessary to state that my acquaintance with it is limited to the study of Freud's writings; I cannot draw upon the practical experiences of an analysis. Nevertheless I have learned much from the Wednesday discussions of the associates of the Sigmund-Freud-Institut that took place under the direction of Alexander Mitscherlich. I owe thanks to Alfred Lorenzer, who gave me access to the manuscript of his study of the methodological role of understanding in psychoanalysis. This manuscript has now been published in two parts by Suhrkamp Verlag as Kiitik des psychoanalytischen Symbolbegriffs and Sprachzerstorung und-Rekonstruktion. I am indebted to him for more suggestions than I could indicate through specific references
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| Call Number | Location | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Tan 306. 42 Hab k | PSB lt.dasar - Pascasarjana | 2 |
| Penerbit | Boston: Beacon Press 1971 |
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| Edisi | - |
| Subjek | Knowledge |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780807015414 |
| Klasifikasi | NONE |
| Deskripsi Fisik | viii, 356 p. ; chart, tables, graphics, appendix, 24cm |
| Info Detail Spesifik | - |
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| Lampiran Berkas | Tidak Ada Data |