{"product_id":"liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-knowledge-charles-renouviers-political-philosophy-of-science-9780822945352","title":"Liberty and the Pursuit of Knowledge: Charles Renouvier's Political Philosophy of Science","description":"French philosopher Charles Renouvier played an influential role in reviving philosophy in France after it was proscribed during the Second Empire. Drawn to the ideals of the French Revolution, Renouvier came to recognize that the free will and civil liberties he supported were essential to the pursuit of science, contrary to the ideologies of positivists and socialists who would restrict liberty in the name of science. He struggled against monarchy and religious authority in the period up through 1848 and defended a liberal, secular form of political organization at a critical turning point in French history, the beginning of the Third Republic. As Warren Schmaus argues, Renouvier's work provides an example of one way in which philosophy of science can succeed in bringing about change in political life--by critiquing political ideologies that falsely claim absolute certainty on religious, scientific, or any other grounds. \u003ci\u003eLiberty and the Pursuit of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e explores the understudied relationship between Renouvier's philosophy of science and his political philosophy, shedding new light on the significance of his thought for the history of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Schmaus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822945352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Schmaus \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of philosophy at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Durkheim and His Tradition \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDurkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche\u003c\/i\u003e, and is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLove, Order, \u0026amp; Progress: The Science, Philosophy, \u0026amp; Politics of Auguste Comte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45053428858995,"sku":"9780822945352","price":83.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3a22dbae-bd97-478e-8d1c-31c1b3970500.jpg?v=1779970919","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-knowledge-charles-renouviers-political-philosophy-of-science-9780822945352","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}