Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Introduction: Why Philosophy? IX
5. I. What Is Philosophy?
6. Doing Philosophy 3
7. The House Always Wins: Why Philosophy Isn’t Optional 15
8. Why We Need Philosophy – and Philosophers 27
9. Irreverent Thoughts on the Relevance of Philosophy 41
10. II. What can Philosophy Contribute?
11. Philosophy, Bias, and Stigma 51
12. Thinking Failure in the War in Iraq: The Cultural Turn and the Concept of “World” 65
13. The Role of Philosophy in “Post-Truth” Times 81
14. III. What can Philosophy do?
15. A Robot Took My Boyfriend and My Job: Positioning Philosophy for a Resurgence 105
16. Good for Nothing: On Philosophy and its Discontents 123
17. On Thinking in a Thoughtless Time 151
18. Contributors 173
19. Index of Names 177
20. Index of Subjects 181