Ondrej Beran

Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the role of examples in shaping arguments and thought, both in philosophy and in everyday life. It addresses how our moral thinking is informed by our conceptual practices, especially in ways related to ethics and literature, post-Wittgensteinian ethics, or meta-philosophical concerns about philosophical writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000352030
• Artikelnr.: 60919434

Autorenporträt

Ondrej Beran is a researcher at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value (University of Pardubice). His recent publications include Living with Rules (2018) and From Rules to Meanings (Routledge 2018, co-edited with V. Kolman and L. Koren).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why Examples

2. Examples and Understanding

3. The Moral Bearing of Examples

4. Examples and Learning

5. Conclusion: Thinking Through Examples?

Rezensionen

"Beran's book is the most detailed philosophical study of examples with which I am familiar . . . Everyone interested in the role of examples in philosophy will benefit from his lively study." - Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA

"Beran's book is the most detailed philosophical study of examples with which I am familiar . . . Everyone interested in the role of examples in philosophy will benefit from his lively study." - Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA