Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity

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Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity is a philosophical work that critiques the rationalist foundations of modern Western thought and argues for a more historically grounded, human-centered understanding of reason and modernity.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline intellectual history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
arguesFor historically grounded understanding of reason ⓘ
human-centered understanding of modernity ⓘ
author Stephen Toulmin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques Cartesian rationalism ⓘ
abstract universalism in modern philosophy ⓘ
emphasizes contingency in history ⓘ
historical context of philosophical ideas ⓘ
human finitude ⓘ
practical reasoning ⓘ
examines impact of scientific revolution on philosophy ⓘ
relationship between science and ethics ⓘ
role of uncertainty in human life ⓘ
transition from Renaissance to modernity ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod 17th century ⓘ
early modern Europe ⓘ
genre intellectual history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
hasPerspective critique of rationalist foundations of modernity ⓘ
hasTheme critique of modern concept of certainty ⓘ
interplay of politics and epistemology ⓘ
limits of scientific rationality ⓘ
pluralism in modern societies ⓘ
recovery of Renaissance humanism ⓘ
influencedBy Renaissance humanism ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic Enlightenment ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
history of ideas ⓘ
modern Western thought ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
reason ⓘ
philosophicalTradition history and philosophy of science ⓘ
pragmatism-adjacent thought ⓘ
proposes reassessment of the Enlightenment project ⓘ
publisher University of Chicago Press ⓘ
relatedWork The Uses of Argument ⓘ
targetAudience historians of ideas ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ
students of modernity ⓘ

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