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Philosophy's Artful Conversation
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. In Place of Beginning Again ix
  4. 1. A Permanent State of Suspension or Deferment 1
  5. 2. How Theory Became History 4
  6. 3. “Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences” 37
  7. 4 “I will teach you diff erences” 46
  8. 5. An Assembling of Reminders 54
  9. 6. “... a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss- crossing” 61
  10. 7. Gedankenwegen: On Import and Interpretation 69
  11. 8. “Of which we cannot speak ...”: Philosophy and the Humanities 93
  12. 9. What is (Film) Philosophy? 106
  13. 10. Order Out of Chaos 117
  14. 11. Idea, Image, and Intuition 132
  15. 12. The World, Time 159
  16. 13. The Ordinary Necessity of Philosophy 179
  17. 14. “Art now exists in the condition of philosophy” 186
  18. 15. Falling in Love with the World 197
  19. 16. Ontology and Desire, or a Moving Response to Skepticism 204
  20. 17. Automatism and the Declaration of Existence in Time 216
  21. 18. Ethical Practices of the Ordinary 232
  22. 19. Perfectionism as Self- Disobedience 239
  23. 20. Comedy and Community 246
  24. 21. A Digression on Difference and Interpretation 260
  25. 22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport 266
  26. 23. An Elegy for Theory 294
  27. Acknowledgments 309
  28. Index 311
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674736153.c5

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. In Place of Beginning Again ix
  4. 1. A Permanent State of Suspension or Deferment 1
  5. 2. How Theory Became History 4
  6. 3. “Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences” 37
  7. 4 “I will teach you diff erences” 46
  8. 5. An Assembling of Reminders 54
  9. 6. “... a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss- crossing” 61
  10. 7. Gedankenwegen: On Import and Interpretation 69
  11. 8. “Of which we cannot speak ...”: Philosophy and the Humanities 93
  12. 9. What is (Film) Philosophy? 106
  13. 10. Order Out of Chaos 117
  14. 11. Idea, Image, and Intuition 132
  15. 12. The World, Time 159
  16. 13. The Ordinary Necessity of Philosophy 179
  17. 14. “Art now exists in the condition of philosophy” 186
  18. 15. Falling in Love with the World 197
  19. 16. Ontology and Desire, or a Moving Response to Skepticism 204
  20. 17. Automatism and the Declaration of Existence in Time 216
  21. 18. Ethical Practices of the Ordinary 232
  22. 19. Perfectionism as Self- Disobedience 239
  23. 20. Comedy and Community 246
  24. 21. A Digression on Difference and Interpretation 260
  25. 22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport 266
  26. 23. An Elegy for Theory 294
  27. Acknowledgments 309
  28. Index 311
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