Thinking about Thinking: What Kind of Conversation is Philosophy?

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Copyright © 2012 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy , recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peperzak, Adriaan Theodoor, 1929– Thinking about thinking : what kind of conversation is philosophy? / Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 978-0-8232-4017-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8232-4018-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Philosophy. 2. Philosophy and religion. I. Title. bd21.p435 2012 101—dc23 2011018516 Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition v contents Preface vii Acknowledgments ix 1. That We Are a Conversation 1 2. On the Unity of Thematic Philosophy and the History of Thought 22 3. The Relevance of Intersubjectivity for First Philosophy and the History of Philosophy 38 4. Education: Responsive Tradition 58 5. Philosophy—Wise about Friendship? 74 6. Vocative 97 7. Philosophy versus Faith? 106 8. The Universality of a Christian Philosophy 123 9. Sacrificium Laudis—Sacrificium Intellectus 149 10. Philosophy as Mediation between Faith and Culture 162 Notes 197 Index 203 ...