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A Philosophy of the Essay - Scepticism, Experience and Style (Hardcover)
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A Philosophy of the Essay - Scepticism, Experience and Style (Hardcover)
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Erin Plunkett draws from both analytic and continental sources to
argue for the philosophical relevance of style, making the case
that the essay form is uniquely suited to address the sceptical
problem. The authors examined here-Montaigne, Hume, the early
German Romantics, Kierkegaard and Stanley Cavell-bring into relief
the relationship between scepticism and ordinary life and situate
the will to know within a broader frame of meaningful human
activity. The formal features of the essay call attention to time,
subjectivity, and language as the existential conditions of
knowledge. In contrast to foundationalist approaches, which expect
philosophy to reach empirical or rational certainty, Plunkett
demonstrates through these writings the philosophical advantages of
a fragmentary, non-dogmatic style of writing. A Philosophy of the
Essay shows how this medium can help us come to terms with the
contingency and uncertainty of life.
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