Transformative Philosophy

Socrates, Wittgenstein, and the Democratic Spirit of Philosophy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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The recent cross-fruition between analytical philosophy and continental philosophical traditions has stimulated an intense interest in the philosophy of philosophy. At stake in the debate is our understanding of the role of philosophy and of the use of argument and reason in culture.Transformative Philosophy articulates a new conception of philosophy through a discussion of salient themes in the analytical tradition, in the work of the later Wittgenstein, and in critical theory. Wallgren traces the genealogy leading to the present impasse on the discourse of philosophy; discusses authors such as Quine, Peter Winch, Michael Dummett, and Ernst Tugendhat; and considers Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy and of the private language argument. Drawing on an analysis of the relations between truth, communal agreement, and the role of the personal will in philosophical argumentation, Transformative Philosophy develops an image of philosophy as a transformative care for self and others. This work makes a great contribution to the study of philosophy and social theory.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-05-11
Mått171 x 234 x 46 mm
Vikt894 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor520
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739113615

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Locating the ItchChapter 3 The Genealogy of "Philosophy"Chapter 4 Paradigms of Analytical Philosophy as First Philosophy and Their ProblemsChapter 5 Wittgenstein'sPhilosophical Investigations: Overcoming the Overcoming of First PhilosophyChapter 6 Mapping a Neglected Terrain: Philosophy in Relation to Its TimesChapter 7 Working on Oneself, Caring for Us: Toward a Transformative Philosophy

Thomas Wallgren's book Transformative Philosophy is a remarkable, important achievement in modern philosophy…. The importance of the book is that it manages to portray significant positions and debates in modern philosophy both in their own modern terms and as examples of how to deal with some deep and basic problems that have always characterized serious philosophy since Socrates. There is hardly any other book available that analyses "what philosophy is about today" with such profundity as this book. It reveals a fine and valuable insight into important parts of both modern analytic and modern continental philosophy…. It is a book that one can recommend to not only to students of philosophy but to learned scholars, since few living philosophers have managed, with excellence, to present the aspirations of modern philosophy as still answering to the historical roots and original ambitions of the enterprise.