Joseph Agassi

The Philosophy of Practical Affairs

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the problems of everyday life faced by twenty-first-century individuals and explores practical questions central to philosophy of life: What is a good life? What makes a life good or satisfactory? What is the proper aim of life?

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Produktdetails

• Philosophical Practice
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9781793651730
• ISBN-10: 1793651736
• Artikelnr.: 65696300

Autorenporträt

Joseph Agassi is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Background
Chapter 1: Universalism: The Siblinghood of Humanity
Chapter 2: Universalism versus Particularism
Chapter 3: Background to Radicalism
Chapter 4: Gradualism and Pluralism
Chapter 5: Magic and Science
Part 2: The Revolt against Reason
Chapter 6: The Problem of Rationality
Chapter 7: Theories of Rationality
Chapter 8: The Flotsam and Jetsam of Philosophy
Chapter 9: The Romantic Idea of Reason
Part 3: The New Enlightenment
Chapter 10: Minimal Standards in Ethics
Chapter 11: Minimal Standards in Politics
Chapter 12: Minimal Standards in Science
Chapter 13: Optimism as an Imperative
Chapter 14: Democracy as Optimism
Conclusion: Autonomous People in Free Society