Skepticism, Modernity and Critical Theory
- London Palgrave Macmillan and Co. 2005
- 182p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Skepticism and modern philosophy..........11 Idealism, metacritique and Ancient skepticism ............13 on the Origins of modern skepticism: Descartes, Doubt and certainty..........35 2. Skepticism and idealism ................53 The question of Legitimacy: Skepticism, law and Transcendental Idealism .............55 Hegel and self -completing skepticism ..........76 3. Skepticism and the Critique of Modernity ..............101 Skepticism, Nihilism and the crisis of Rationality .......103 Negative dialetics and the Fate of Critical Theory ...........127