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As If - Idealization and Ideals (Paperback)
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As If - Idealization and Ideals (Paperback)
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"Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... [He] has
packed into this short book an impressive amount of original
reflection... A rich and illuminating book." -Thomas Nagel, New
York Review of Books Idealization is a fundamental feature of human
thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and
life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the
realities we encounter. Our beliefs, desires, and sense of justice
are bound up with these ideals, and we proceed "as if" our
representations were true, while knowing they are not. In this
elegant and original meditation, Kwame Anthony Appiah suggests that
this instinct to idealize is not dangerous or distracting so much
as it is necessary. As If explores how strategic untruth plays a
critical role in far-flung areas of inquiry: decision theory,
psychology, natural science, and political philosophy. A polymath
who writes with mainstream clarity, Appiah defends the centrality
of the imagination not just in the arts but in science, morality,
and everyday life. "Appiah is the rare public intellectual who is
also a first-rate analytic philosopher, and the characteristic
virtues associated with each of these identities are very much in
evidence throughout the book." -Thomas Kelly, Notre Dame
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