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- Thinking about Thinking: What Kind of Conversation is Philosophy?
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Fordham University Press
summary
Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a
the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting
about the meaning of human life and thought.Without forgetting the logical and
methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate
connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from
which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual
teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture,
each philosophy is unique. If it is a good one, it is also revealing for
many--perhaps even for all--other philosophers. At the same time, all thinking is
addressed to individual interlocutors, each of whom responds to it by transforming
it into a different philosophy. This fact invites us to explore the dialogical
dimension of thinking, which, in turn, refers us to the communitarian and historical
contexts from which solitude, as well as solidarity, competition, alliances, and
friendships in thought emerge.After the collapse of modern autonomy, the question of
philosophy's dependence on prephilosophical conditions is a basic question of
metaphilosophy -- especially if a philosophy is always entangled with or even rooted
in some belief or trust or faith.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- 1. That We Are a Conversation
- pp. 1-21
- 4. Education: Responsive Tradition
- pp. 58-73
- 6. Vocative
- pp. 97-105
- 7. Philosophy versus Faith?
- pp. 106-122
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823249534
Related ISBN(s)
9780823240173
MARC Record
OCLC
821725670
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2012-08-22
Language
English
Open Access
No