The Elusiveness Of The Ordinary: Studies In The Possibility Of Philosophy

The Concept Of The Ordinary, Along With Such Cognates As Everyday Life, Ordinary Language, And Ordinary Experience, Has Come Into Special Prominence In Late Modern Philosophy. Thinkers Have Employed Two Opposing Yet Related Responses To The Notion Of The Ordinary: Scientific And Phenomenological Approaches On The One Hand, And On The Other, More Informal Or Even Anti-scientific Procedures. Eminent Philosopher Stanley Rosen Here Presents The First Comprehensive Study Of The Main Approaches To Theoretical Mastery Of Ordinary Experience. He Evaluates The Responses Of A Wide Range Of Modern And Contemporary Thinkers And Grapples With The Peculiar Problem Of The Ordinary - How To Define It In Its Own Terms Without Transforming It Into A Technical (and So, Extraordinary) Artifact.--jacket. Politics And Nature In Montesquieu -- Husserl's Conception Of The Life-world -- Kant And Heidegger: Transcendental Alternatives To Aristotle -- Wittgenstein, Strauss, And The Possibility Of Philosophy -- Moore On Common Sense -- Austin And Ordinary Language -- What Do We Talk About? -- The Attributes Of Ordinary Experience -- Concluding Remarks. Stanley Rosen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.