Charles Taylor (philosopher)
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Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.
His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"—a humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to cultural, social, or political life.
Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, Ph.D in 1961).
He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and Philosophy at Northwestern University.
In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Noted books
- The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
- Hegel (1975)
- Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
- Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
- Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
- The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)
- The Politics of Recognition (1992)
- Philosophical Arguments (1995)
- Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)
External links
- Website at Northwestern University
- Lecture notes to Charles Taylor's talk on 'An End to Mediational Epistemology', Nov 2004
- Charles Taylor's syndicated op/ed column
- Bibliography of Taylor's works and works on Taylor's philosophy
Categories: 1931 births | 20th century philosophers | Analytic philosophers | Canadian philosophers | Members of the Order of Canada | Moral philosophers | Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada | 21st century philosophers
