Critical Conditions

The postmodern debate has been heavily influenced by often contradictory conclusions about the foundations of knowledge. Horace Fairlamb contends that philosophy''s foundationist quest has usually been misconceived as a choice between super-science and theoretical anarchy. Examining the history of foundationism and providing detailed analysis of the work of leading theorists including Fish Foucault Derrida Gadamer and Habermas Dr. Fairlamb argues for a less reductive and less arbitrary conception of knowledge and meaning. The result is an important contribution to the current reevaluation of theoretical discourse.