What's the use of philosophy? Philip Kitcher here grapples with an
essential philosophical question: what the point of philosophy is,
and what it should and can be. Kitcher's portrait of the discipline
is not a familiar defense of the importance of philosophy or the
humanities writ large. Rather, he is deeply critical of philosophy
as it is practiced today, a practice focused on narrow technical
questions that are far removed from the concerns of human life. He
provides a penetrating diagnosis of why exactly contemporary
philosophy has come to suffer this crisis, showing how it suffers
from various syndromes that continue to push it further into
irrelevance. Then, taking up ideas from William James and John
Dewey, Kitcher provides a positive roadmap for the future of
philosophy: first, as a discipline that can provide clarity to
other kinds of human inquiry, such as religion or science; and
second, bringing order to people's notions of the world, dispelling
confusion in favor of clarity, and helping us think through our
biggest human questions and dilemmas. Kitcher concludes with a
letter to young philosophers who wonder how they can align their
aspirations with the hyper-professionalism expected of them.
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