Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
Castoriadis, imagination, practical reasoning, Ricoeur, Taylor, values
Start Date
18-5-2011 9:00 AM
End Date
21-5-2011 5:00 PM
Abstract
According to Charles Taylor, practical reasoning helps us overcome cultural conflicts of val-ue when we are able to show that the passage from one value to another represents an epistemic gain. This paper argues that practical reasoning can be effective in pathological cases of cultural convergence but only if it is understood as a species of the creative social imagination.
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Practical reasoning as creative social imagination
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According to Charles Taylor, practical reasoning helps us overcome cultural conflicts of val-ue when we are able to show that the passage from one value to another represents an epistemic gain. This paper argues that practical reasoning can be effective in pathological cases of cultural convergence but only if it is understood as a species of the creative social imagination.
