Critical Rationalism & the Problem of Utopian Thought
A Second Look
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C F Alford (0000-0002-9948-2454, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 481-500 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3234537 |
| OpenAlex | W2321542577 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essays argues that there is a "utopian moment" in critical rationalism, and that this "moment" is consistent with critical rationalism as a social philosophy. In pursuing this theme Professor Alford suggests that critical rationalism, and social theory in general, would benefit from additional utopian speculation. Utopian speculation is seen as a reservoir of richness for social theory, and critical rationalism is in need of enrichment. It has abandoned substantive questions regarding the proper organization of the good society for epistemological questions concerning the process of reason. But Alford argues that genuinely integrating utopian thought into critical rationalism requires also that the purely procedural concept of reason held by critical rationalism itself be altered
Critical rationalism · Critical theory · Economics · Empiricism · Epistemology · Rationalism · Sociology · Speculation · Theme (computing · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |