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100 | 1 | ▼aAppiah, Anthony.▲ | |
245 | 1 | 0 | ▼aAs if :▼bidealization and ideals /▼cKwame Anthony Appiah.▲ |
260 | ▼aCambridge, Massachusetts :▼bHarvard University Press,▼c2017.▲ | ||
300 | ▼axvi, 218 p. ;▼c19 cm.▲ | ||
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references and index.▲ | ||
505 | 0 | ▼aUseful untruths: lessons from Hans Vaihinger -- A measure of belief: lessons from Frank Ramsey -- Political ideals: lessons from John Rawls.▲ | |
520 | ▼aIdealization is a central feature of human thought. We build ideal models in the sciences, our politics is guided by pictures of impossible utopias, and our thinking about the arts and moral life is guided by images of how things might have been. In all these cases we sometimes proceed with a representation of the world that we know is not true or aim at a world we accept we cannot realize. This is the world of the "as if," which the philosopher Hans Vaihinger delineated at the turn of the century, in ways he traced back to Kant. In this book, I aim to explore idealization in aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics, as well as in the philosophy of mind, of language, of religion, and of the social and natural sciences. No one could be an expert on all of these things, but sometimes in philosophy it helps to stand back and take a broader view. On the way I hope to illuminate many issues, large and small, but there is one over-arching lesson: our best chance of understanding the world must be to have a plurality of ways of thinking about it. This book is about why we need a multitude of pictures of the world. It is a gentle jeremiad against theoretical monism.--Provided by publisher.▲ | ||
650 | 0 | ▼aIdealism.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aPluralism.▲ |
As if :idealization and ideals
Document Type
Foreign Book
Title
As if : idealization and ideals / Kwame Anthony Appiah.
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Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , 2017.
Physical Description
xvi, 218 p. ; 19 cm.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Useful untruths: lessons from Hans Vaihinger -- A measure of belief: lessons from Frank Ramsey -- Political ideals: lessons from John Rawls.
Summary Note
Idealization is a central feature of human thought. We build ideal models in the sciences, our politics is guided by pictures of impossible utopias, and our thinking about the arts and moral life is guided by images of how things might have been. In all these cases we sometimes proceed with a representation of the world that we know is not true or aim at a world we accept we cannot realize. This is the world of the "as if," which the philosopher Hans Vaihinger delineated at the turn of the century, in ways he traced back to Kant. In this book, I aim to explore idealization in aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics, as well as in the philosophy of mind, of language, of religion, and of the social and natural sciences. No one could be an expert on all of these things, but sometimes in philosophy it helps to stand back and take a broader view. On the way I hope to illuminate many issues, large and small, but there is one over-arching lesson: our best chance of understanding the world must be to have a plurality of ways of thinking about it. This book is about why we need a multitude of pictures of the world. It is a gentle jeremiad against theoretical monism.--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780674975002 0674975006 9780674237711 0674237714
Call Number
141 A647a
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