(Paperback)

This work explores the philosophical positions of five postmodern thinkers - Lyotard, Rorty, Schrag, Foucault, and Derrida. It shows how their critiques imply that scholars are unduly limited by the belief that phenomena exist prior to and independent of enquiry and persist unchanged subsequently.

(Hardback)

This work explores the philosophical positions of five postmodern thinkers - Lyotard, Rorty, Schrag, Foucault, and Derrida - to show how their critiques imply that scholars are limited by the belief that inquiry is about gaining knowledge of phenomena that are assumed to exist prior to and independent of inquiry.