The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form
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An original philosophical treatise on form and the foundations of social value.
The third volume in a trilogy by George Allan, The Patterns of the Present argues that organisms, persons, and cultures are all meaningful systems, and that the ontological conditions necessary for their sustained systemic unity provide a normative standard-ideals of virtue and responsibility-by which individuals can judge how best to live their lives and seek a common good. Allan, whose views are influenced by his distinctive interpretations of Plato, Kant, Whitehead, and Pragmatism, argues that values can be justified as objective conditions for belief and action without making an appeal to something beyond time and history.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:079145164X
ISBN13:9780791451649
Release Date:November 2001
Publisher:State University of New York Press
Length:323 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 11.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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