Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. Author of The Language Animal, Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age, he has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

Among the leading philosophers of our time, Charles Taylor stands out for the sheer breadth of his interests and influence…Illuminating and rewarding.

• 1. Overcoming Epistemology 2. The Validity of Transcendental Arguments 3. Explanation and Practical Reason 4. Lichtung or Lebensform: Parallels between Heidegger and Wittgenstein 5. The Importance of Herder 6. Heidegger, Language, and Ecology 7. Irreducibly Social Goods 8. Comparison, History, Truth 9. To Follow a Rule 10. Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate 11. Invoking Civil Society 12. The Politics of Recognition 13. Liberal Politics and the Public Sphere Notes Credits Index

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. Author of The Language Animal, Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age, he has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

Among the leading philosophers of our time, Charles Taylor stands out for the sheer breadth of his interests and influence…Illuminating and rewarding.

• 1. Overcoming Epistemology 2. The Validity of Transcendental Arguments 3. Explanation and Practical Reason 4. Lichtung or Lebensform: Parallels between Heidegger and Wittgenstein 5. The Importance of Herder 6. Heidegger, Language, and Ecology 7. Irreducibly Social Goods 8. Comparison, History, Truth 9. To Follow a Rule 10. Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate 11. Invoking Civil Society 12. The Politics of Recognition 13. Liberal Politics and the Public Sphere Notes Credits Index

Charles Taylor is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. Author of The Language Animal, Sources of the Self, The Ethics of Authenticity, and A Secular Age, he has received many honors, including the Templeton Prize, the Berggruen Prize, and membership in the Order of Canada.

Among the leading philosophers of our time, Charles Taylor stands out for the sheer breadth of his interests and influence…Illuminating and rewarding.

• 1. Overcoming Epistemology 2. The Validity of Transcendental Arguments 3. Explanation and Practical Reason 4. Lichtung or Lebensform: Parallels between Heidegger and Wittgenstein 5. The Importance of Herder 6. Heidegger, Language, and Ecology 7. Irreducibly Social Goods 8. Comparison, History, Truth 9. To Follow a Rule 10. Cross-Purposes: The Liberal-Communitarian Debate 11. Invoking Civil Society 12. The Politics of Recognition 13. Liberal Politics and the Public Sphere Notes Credits Index