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So at bottom Foucault's enterprise seems stuck on the horns of a huge epistemological dilemma: if it tells the truth, then all knowledge is suspect in its pretense of objectivity; but in that case, how can the theory itself vouch for its truth? It's like the famous paradox about the Cretean Liar—and Foucault seemed quite unable to get out of it (which explains why he didn't even try to face it).

José Guilherme Merquior

José Guilherme Merquior

José Guilherme Merquior

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Born: April 22, 1941

Died: January 7, 1991 (aged 49)

Bio: José Guilherme Merquior was a Brazilian diplomat, academic, writer, literary critic and philosopher.

Known for:

Foucault (1985)
Western Marxism (1986)
Rousseau and Weber (1980)
De Anchieta a Euclides (1977)
Razão do poema (1965)

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