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Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves (Hardcover)
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Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves (Hardcover)
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A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then
managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a
considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian
circles. Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves is an
account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit,
capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and
wealth of illustration Cioffi was able to bring to bear on life's
biggest problems when he was, as it were, off-duty. Tackling
subjects such as the unruly body, the challenge of art, dealing
with failure, the lure of science, the meaning of life, our
understanding of others, depression, the case for suicide, and
death, David Ellis describes how a philosopher who was profoundly
influenced by Wittgenstein dealt with general issues and creates a
vivid impression of an unusual and gifted individual. This portrait
is followed by a post-script in which Nicholas Bunnin, who worked
in the philosophy department at Essex when Cioffi was a professor
there, situates him in a more strictly academic context and
discusses his less well-known essays on literary criticism and the
behavioural sciences, arguing for Cioffi's potential to inspire
those seeking a role for analytic philosophy within the broader
scope of humanistic philosophy. A mixture of personal portrait and
academic introduction, Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in
Shirt-Sleeves provides an elegant and enjoyable tribute to Cioffi
as both man and philosopher.
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