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Fashionable nihilism a critique of analytic philosophy

By Bruce W , Wilshire

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0791454290, 0791454304
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1214155 bytes)
Series
Filosofia (E-libro)
Pages
xv, 156 p\173
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Government publication

Description

"Thoreau wrote that we have professors of philosophy but no philosophers. Can't we have both? Why doesn't philosophy hold a more central place in our lives? Why should it? Eloquently opposing the analytic thrust of philosophy in academia, noted pluralist philosopher Bruce Wilshire answers these questions and more in an effort to make philosophy more meaningful to our everyday lives. Writing in an accessible style he resurrects classic yet neglected forms of inquiring and communicating. In a series of personal essays, Wilshire describes what is wrong with the current state of philosophy in American higher education, namely the cozy but ultimately suffocating confinements of professionalism. He reclaims the role of the philosopher as one who, like Socrates, would goad us out of self-contentedness into a more authentic way of being and knowing."--Jacket.

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