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Ideas for 'The Theory of Communicative Action', 'Farewell to Reality: fairytale physics' and 'After Virtue: a Study in Moral Theory'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

8060	In the 17th-18th centuries morality offered a cure for egoism, through altruism [MacIntyre]

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 6. Twentieth Century Thought

8053	Twentieth century social life is re-enacting eighteenth century philosophy [MacIntyre]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Habermas seems to make philosophy more democratic [Habermas, by Bowie]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8047	Philosophy has been marginalised by its failure in the Enlightenment to replace religion [MacIntyre]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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The aim of 'post-metaphysical' philosophy is to interpret the sciences [Habermas, by Finlayson]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

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We can do social philosophy by studying coordinated action through language use [Habermas, by Finlayson]