Why Philosophy? /

Why Philosophy? / / ed. by Jeff Malpas, Paolo Diego Bubbio.

Do we really need philosophy? The present collection of jargon-free essays aims at answering the question of why philosophy matters. Each essay considers the central question (Why Philosophy?) from different angles: the unavoidability of doing philosophy, the practical consequences of philosophy, ph...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Askonas, Jon,
Babich, Babette,
Bortolotti, Lisa,
Bubbio, Paolo Diego,
Frodeman, Robert,
Graham, Jacob,
Macarthur, David,
Malpas, Jeff,
Puddifoot, Katherine,
Redding, Paul,
Stokes, Patrick,
Withy, Katherine,
HerausgeberIn:
Bubbio, Paolo Diego,
Malpas, Jeff,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Why Philosophy?
  • I. What Is Philosophy?
  • Doing Philosophy
  • The House Always Wins: Why Philosophy Isn’t Optional
  • Why We Need Philosophy – and Philosophers
  • Irreverent Thoughts on the Relevance of Philosophy
  • II. What can Philosophy Contribute?
  • Philosophy, Bias, and Stigma
  • Thinking Failure in the War in Iraq: The Cultural Turn and the Concept of “World”
  • The Role of Philosophy in “Post-Truth” Times
  • III. What can Philosophy do?
  • A Robot Took My Boyfriend and My Job: Positioning Philosophy for a Resurgence
  • Good for Nothing: On Philosophy and its Discontents
  • On Thinking in a Thoughtless Time
  • Contributors
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects

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