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Doing Philosophy

  • Jacob Graham
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Why Philosophy?
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Why Philosophy?

Abstract

Doing philosophy-and I mean “philosophy” in its etymological sense, “loving wisdom”-can be a fully integrated part of one’s life, a way of living life, a life’s orientation. If this is true, then there can be no question as to philosophy’s usefulness or relevance.Whether we are asking questions about the nature of reality, or questions about the nature of knowledge, these inquiries already stem from and are directed back towards a life, namely, the life of the one who asks the questions. Indeed, these questions even enrich and improve the overall life of the questioner.

Abstract

Doing philosophy-and I mean “philosophy” in its etymological sense, “loving wisdom”-can be a fully integrated part of one’s life, a way of living life, a life’s orientation. If this is true, then there can be no question as to philosophy’s usefulness or relevance.Whether we are asking questions about the nature of reality, or questions about the nature of knowledge, these inquiries already stem from and are directed back towards a life, namely, the life of the one who asks the questions. Indeed, these questions even enrich and improve the overall life of the questioner.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  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
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650990-003

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  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
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