This essay focuses on interrelations among alternative aspects of medical knowledge and historically concerns the theoretical background philosophical anthropological works 18th 19th centuries based Renaissance philosophy humanity. The author determines interpretive points view in medicine shows development relevant changes social, historical narratives modern ages. first approach criticism pro...

In this editorial for the special collection Confronting Discrimination: Phenomenological and Genealogical Perspectives, we discuss productive aspects limitations of discrimination as a concept social criticism. Insofar proper understanding must take into account both concrete experience historical conditions, propose to combine phenomenological genealogical methodologies. While analyses run ri...

For pragmatists, the inability to stand outside of the contingencies of human practice does not impede social criticism. However, several pragmatists have argued that Richard Rorty’s position unnecessarily and undesirably circumscribes the scope of social criticism, allowing for nothing more than an appeal to current practices, with no way to challenge or revise them. This article argues agains...