HERMENEUTICS, PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE ONTOLOGY OF COMMUNITY: WITTGENSTEIN, GADAMER AND BERNSTEIN.

An essay discusses the Spectre of "Cartesian Anxiety" and the objectivism/relativism dichotomy is presented. Philosopher Richard Bernstein's diagnosed that Cartesian anxiety is caused by the profound conviction held by modern philosophers. It further discussed Bernstein's most important contribution that objectivism/relativism dichotomy militates against efforts to live within the realm of practical reason.