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14Special section: Lorenzo Simpson's The Unfinished Project: Cosmopolitanism, humanism and meaningPhilosophy and Social Criticism 33 (3): 319-341. 2007.
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Technology and Temporality: A Critique of Instrumental RationalityDissertation, Yale University. 1978.
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11The Unfinished Project: Towards a Postmetaphysical HumanismRoutledge. 2001.As humanity becomes increasingly interconnected through globalization, the question of whether community is possible within culturally diverse societies has returned as a principal concern for contemporary thought. Lorenzo Simpson charges that the current discussion is stuck at an impasse-between postmodernism's fragmented notions of cultural difference and humanism's homogeneous versions of community. Simpson proposes an alternative-one that bridges cultural differences without erasing them. He…Read more
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117Special section: Lorenzo Simpson's the unfinished project : Cosmopolitanism, humanism and meaning: A reply to my readersPhilosophy and Social Criticism 33 (3): 319-341. 2007.
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21Book Reviews : Science and the Revenge of Nature: Marcuse and Habermas. By C. Fred Alford. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1985. Pp. 226. $24.50 (hardcover (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 18 (4): 572-577. 1988.
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31Technology, Time, and the Conversations of ModernityRoutledge. 1994.____Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity__ takes as its impetus the idea that technology is an embodiment of our uneasiness with finitude. Lorenzo Simpson argues that technology has succeeded in granting our wish to domesticate time. He shows how this attitude affects our understanding of the meaning of action and our ability to discern meaning in our lives
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"Science and the Revenge of Nature: Marcuse and Habermas" by C. Fred AlfordPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 18 (4): 572. 1988.
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23Twin earth and its horizons: On hermeneutics, reference, and scientific theory choicePhilosophical Forum 43 (1): 1-25. 2012.
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42Communication and the Politics of Difference: Reading Iris YoungConstellations 7 (3): 430-442. 2000.
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The Unfinished Project: Toward a Postmetaphysical HumanismRoutledge. 2001.As humanity becomes increasingly interconnected through globalization, the question of whether community is possible within culturally diverse societies has returned as a principal concern for contemporary thought. Lorenzo Simpson charges that the current discussion is stuck at an impasse-between postmodernism's fragmented notions of cultural difference and humanism's homogeneous versions of community. Simpson proposes an alternative-one that bridges cultural differences without erasing them. He…Read more
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