A critique of Bernstein’s beyond objectivism and relativism: science, hermeneutics, and praxis

Poiesis & Praxis - 2011
Jonathan Matusitz1, Eric Mark Kramer2
1Partnership Center (#UP 3009), University of Central Florida, Seminole State College, 100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773, USA
2University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

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Abstract This analysis comments on Bernstein’s lack of clear understanding of subjectivity, based on his book, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis. Bernstein limits his interpretation of subjectivity to thinkers such as Gadamer and Habermas. The authors analyze the ideas of classic scholars such as Edmund Husserl and Friedrich Nietzsche. Husserl put forward his notion of transcendental subjectivity and phenomenological ramifications of the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity. Nietzsche referred to subjectivity as “perspectivism,” the inescapable fact that any and all consciousnesses exist in space and time. Consciousness is fundamentally constituted of cultural, linguistic, and historical dimensions.

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