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First Principles, Finals Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issues (Paperback) Loot Price: R420
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First Principles, Finals Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issues (Paperback): Alasdair MacIntyre

First Principles, Finals Ends, and Contemporary Philosophical Issues (Paperback)

Alasdair MacIntyre

Series: The Aquinas Lecture in Philosophy

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This lecture is MacIntyre's most explicit defense of his approach to Thomistic metaphysics. This lecture follows MacIntyre's argument in After Virtue that modern philosophy has very literally lost its way, and the problems it faces are insoluble. The difficulties are twofold, and stem from the Cartesian turn to the self in the XVith century. Modern philosophy cannot reestablish contact with the outside world when our starting point is self-knowledge, and modern philosophy also cannot accept that any principle could be 'first' in any absolute sense of the word, because final causality has been rejected. MacIntyre claims that Thomism does not suffer these defects, but he cautions against a premature victory, because Thomism has been decisively rejected by modern philosophy and modern science, so that there is no chance of effective dialogue between Thomism and other traditions. The very vocabulary of Thomism is a stumbling block. However, modern philosophy has not been able to completely eliminate the Aristotelian roots of all philosophy and science, and so keeps returning to themes that it cannot adequately address. Thus MacIntyre proposes to use the tools of modern philosophies, such as the genealogical narrative, to help reconnect modern philosophy and Thomism. A historical approach might make the rejection, and the reasons for it, evident, and allow fruitful dialogue by allowing for the fruits of modern philosophy to be discussed in a context that will allow them to finally flourish. Essentially, the goal is to enable contemporary philosophy to become more itself by freeing it from the tension created by the premises that cast doubt upon the philosophical enterprise.

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Imprint: Marquette University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Aquinas Lecture in Philosophy
Release date: December 2008
Authors: Alasdair MacIntyre
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 69
ISBN-13: 978-0-87462-157-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-87462-157-7
Barcode: 9780874621570

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