Charles Taylor has written on human agency, identity, and the self; language; the limits of epistemology; interpretation and explanation in social science; ethics; and democratic politics. Though his philosophical work centers on analytic issues with deep roots in scholarly traditions, he is nevertheless a philosopher with practical intent. He has been a professor of political science and together with Will Kymlicka and James Tully is one of the key developers of a distinctive Canadian school in political theory
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Charles Taylor on Identity and the Social Imaginary
Charles Taylor has written on human agency, identity, and the self; language; the limits of epistemology; interpretation and explanation in social science; ethics; and democratic politics. Though his philosophical work centers on analytic issues with deep roots in scholarly traditions, he is nevertheless a philosopher with practical intent. He has been a professor of political science and together with Will Kymlicka and James Tully is one of the key developers of a distinctive Canadian school in political theory
Charles Taylor has written on human agency, identity, and the self; language; the limits of epistemology; interpretation and explanation in social science; ethics; and democratic politics. Though his philosophical work centers on analytic issues with deep roots in scholarly traditions, he is nevertheless a philosopher with practical intent. He has been a professor of political science and together with Will Kymlicka and James Tully is one of the key developers of a distinctive Canadian school in political theory