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This centrality is demonstrated by systematically  examining its presence and development in the philosophy of science,  metaphysics, epistemology, language, psychology, social science,  ethics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy. This  journey highlights the internal logical disintegration of that  project. Post-modern relativism is its natural offspring and not a  viable alternative.    The Enlightenment Project's conception of physical science is  defective; this defective conception of physical science renders the  analytic conception of social science, philosophical psychology, and  epistemology defective; and that defective conception of the human  condition leads to defective conceptions of both moral and political  philosophy, specifically the idea of social engineering or social  technology.    Throughout the book, an alternative conception of philosophy is  presented as a way out of the abyss of analysis, an alternative that  reconnects philosophy with the mainstream of Western civilization and  initiates the process of providing a coherent cultural narrative.     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