Between Truth and Illusion: Kant at the Crossroads of Modernity
In Between Truth and Illusion, Predrag Cicovacki carefully analyzes Kant's contribution to discussions of human being and finds that he was deeply involved in the systematic development of the modern anthropocentric orientation toward liberation and dominance of the subject. On the other hands, modernity's high ideal of universal scientific and moral progress turned out to be illusory and ill-conceived. Cicovacki focuses on Kant's important observations about the limitations of the modernist...
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Truth, Cicovacki says, presupposes neither a dominance of subject or object, but their dynamic and reciprocal interactive relation. The absence of proper interactions leads to various forms of self-projections or illusions. Truth, by contract, exists in a harmonious interaction between its subjective and objective elements. Cicovacki thus locates the value of truth between traditional absolutist claims and contemporary relativism. Booknews Cicovack is director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the College of the Holy Cross, and editor of . From his preface: "The central questions of this book are: What is truth?, and Why do we value truth so highly?...Kan'ts own contributio to this discussion is carefully analyzed and assessed as controversial." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface1How Shall We Think about Truth?1Pt. ITruths132Commonsense Truths153Scientific Truths334Metaphysical Truths47Pt. IIIllusions675Metaphysical Illusions696Religious Illusions857Moral Illusions103Pt. IIICan Truths Make Us Free?1198Man as the Measure of All Things1219A Moment of Truth13910Back at the Crossroads157Notes177Bibliography209Index219About the Author229
\ BooknewsCicovack is director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the College of the Holy Cross, and editor of . From his preface: "The central questions of this book are: What is truth?, and Why do we value truth so highly?...Kan'ts own contributio to this discussion is carefully analyzed and assessed as controversial." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ ChoiceThe author writes clearly, demonstrating a competent grast of Kant, based on wide reading.\ \
