Paul Fairfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 1445083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Fairfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Fairfield |
| SIGNATURE | FAIRFIELD P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
The relationship between these two central theoretical and philosophical approaches, which we thought we knew, is more complex and interesting than our standard story might suggest. It is not always clear how hermeneutics—that is, post-Heideggerian hermeneutics as articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, and a large number of thinkers working under their influence—regards the phenomenological tradition, be it in its Husserlian or various …
A modest phenomenology of democratic speech
Democratic speech is not the altogether orchestrated and well-regulated affair that deliberative democrats and others describe it as being or capable of becoming. In democratic speech we encounter not only oases of genuine public deliberation but rhetoric, desire, struggle, will to power, mythology, and communicative incompetence. All of this is no less of the essence of democratic speech than its nobler aspect and is found everywhere that democr…
Is There a Canadian Philosophy?
Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition
Beginning with a wide-ranging discussion of liberal philosophers, Fairfield proposes that liberalism requires a complete reconception of moral selfhood, one that accommodates elements of the contemporary critiques without abandoning liberal individualism.
The Circular Structure of Power
Democracy's Discontent
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Democracy's Discontent
Is There a Canadian Philosophy?
Moral Selfhood in the Liberal Tradition
Beginning with a wide-ranging discussion of liberal philosophers, Fairfield proposes that liberalism requires a complete reconception of moral selfhood, one that accommodates elements of the contemporary critiques without abandoning liberal individualism.
The Circular Structure of Power
A modest phenomenology of democratic speech
Democratic speech is not the altogether orchestrated and well-regulated affair that deliberative democrats and others describe it as being or capable of becoming. In democratic speech we encounter not only oases of genuine public deliberation but rhetoric, desire, struggle, will to power, mythology, and communicative incompetence. All of this is no less of the essence of democratic speech than its nobler aspect and is found everywhere that democr…
Hermeneutics and Phenomenology
The relationship between these two central theoretical and philosophical approaches, which we thought we knew, is more complex and interesting than our standard story might suggest. It is not always clear how hermeneutics—that is, post-Heideggerian hermeneutics as articulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, and a large number of thinkers working under their influence—regards the phenomenological tradition, be it in its Husserlian or various …
Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)