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On Philosophy - Notes from a Crisis (Paperback)
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On Philosophy - Notes from a Crisis (Paperback)
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Deepening divisions separate today's philosophers, first, from the
culture at large; then, from each other; and finally, from
philosophy itself. Though these divisions tend to coalesce publicly
as debates over the Enlightenment, their roots lie much deeper.
Overcoming them thus requires a confrontation with the whole of
Western philosophy. Only when we uncover the strange heritage of
Aristotle's metaphysics, as reworked, for example, by Descartes and
Kant, can we understand contemporary philosophy's inability to
dialogue with women, people of color, LGBTs, and other minority
groups. Only when we have understood that inability can we see how
the thought of Hegel and Heidegger contains the seeds of a remedy.
And only when armed with such a remedy can philosophy rise to the
challenges posed by thinkers such as David Foster Wallace and
Abraham Lincoln. The book's interpretations of these figures and
others past and present are as scrupulous as its conclusions will
be controversial. The result contributes to the most important
question confronting us today: does reason itself have a future?
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