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This collection of essays addresses the question of lucidity as a
thematic in literature and film but also as a quality of both
expression and insight in literary criticism and critical thought
more generally. The essays offer treatments of lucidity in itself
and in relation to its opposites, forms of obscurity and darkness.
They offer attention to problems of philosophical thought and
reason, to questions of literary and poetic form, and of
photographic and filmic contemplation. Ranging from engagements
with early modern writing through to more recent material the
contributions focus in particular on nineteenth- and
twentieth-century French prose and poetry, the field which has been
the predominant focus of Alison Finch's critical writing. They are
written as tributes to the distinctively lucid insights of her work
and to the breadth and clarity of its intellectual engagement.
Wittgenstein criticised prevailing attitudes toward the sciences.
The target of his criticisms was 'scientism': what he described as
'the overestimation of science'. This collection is the first study
of Wittgenstein's anti-scientism - a theme in his work that is
clearly central to his thought yet strikingly neglected by the
existing literature. The book explores the philosophical basis of
Wittgenstein's anti-scientism; how this anti-scientism helps us
understand Wittgenstein's philosophical aims; and how this
underlies his later conception of philosophy and the kind of
philosophy he attacked. An outstanding team of international
contributors articulate and critically assess Wittgenstein's views
on scientism and anti-scientism, making Wittgenstein and Scientism
essential reading for students and scholars of Wittgenstein's work,
on topics as varied as the philosophy of mind and psychology,
philosophical practice, the nature of religious belief, and the
place of science in modern culture. Contributors: Jonathan Beale,
William Child, Annalisa Coliva, David E. Cooper, Ian James Kidd,
James C. Klagge, Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, Rupert Read, Genia
Schoenbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder, Benedict Smith, and Chon
Tejedor.
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Paul Virilio (Hardcover)
Ian James; Series edited by Robert Eaglestone
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Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on
technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today.
Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical
contexts, and case studies from contemporary culture and media in
order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces
the key themes in Virlio's work, including:
- speed
- virtualization
- war
- politics
- art.
As technological and scientific innovations continue to set the
agenda for the present and future development of culture,
communications, international economy, military intervention and
diverse forms of political organization, Virilio's unique
theoretical and critical insights are of enormous value and
importance for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern
culture and society.
A career-spanning collection of published and unpublished writings
Catherine Malabou is one of the foremost, most innovative
intelligences working in contemporary French philosophy today. Her
work articulates a coherent conceptualisation of 'plasticity' by
merging recent neurobiology and medicinal sciences with the history
of philosophy and political theory.Across the essays gathered in
Plasticity: The Promise of Explosion, Malabou carves a
philosophical space between structuralism, deconstruction,
cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis and speculative realism. By
demonstrating the plastic transformability at the heart of these
disciplines, a change that always promises future explosion,
Malabou, as a female philosopher, also articulates the need to
'change difference' within patriarchal concepts of tradition
itself.The collection is divided into four thematic parts, each of
which showcases a major aspect of Malabou's conceptualisation of
plasticity. In his introduction, Ian James situates Malabou's work
within contemporary philosophy and navigates the contours of her
unique work.
Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on
technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today.
Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical
contexts, and case studies from contemporary culture and media in
order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces
the key themes in Virlio's work, including: speed virtualization
war politics art. As technological and scientific innovations
continue to set the agenda for the present and future development
of culture, communications, international economy, military
intervention and diverse forms of political organization, Virilio's
unique theoretical and critical insights are of enormous value and
importance for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern
culture and society.
Mary Midgley is one of the most important moral philosophers
working today. Over the last thirty years, her writings have
informed debates concerning animals, the environment and
evolutionary theory. The invited essays in this volume offer
critical reflections upon Midgley's work and further developments
of her ideas. The contributors include many of the leading
commentators on her work, including distinguished figures from the
disciplines of philosophy, biology, and ethology. The range of
topics includes the moral status of animals, the concept of
wickedness, science and mythology, Midgley's relationship to modern
moral philosophy, and her relationship with Iris Murdoch. It also
includes the first full bibliography of Midgley's writings. The
volume is the first major study of its kind and brings together
contributions from the many disciplines which Midgley's work has
influenced. It provides a clear account of the themes and
significance of her work and its implications for ongoing debates
about our understanding of our place within the world.
This collection of essays addresses the question of lucidity as a
thematic in literature and film but also as a quality of both
expression and insight in literary criticism and critical thought
more generally. The essays offer treatments of lucidity in itself
and in relation to its opposites, forms of obscurity and darkness.
They offer attention to problems of philosophical thought and
reason, to questions of literary and poetic form, and of
photographic and filmic contemplation. Ranging from engagements
with early modern writing through to more recent material the
contributions focus in particular on nineteenth- and
twentieth-century French prose and poetry, the field which has been
the predominant focus of Alison Finch's critical writing. They are
written as tributes to the distinctively lucid insights of her work
and to the breadth and clarity of its intellectual engagement.
Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the
mind such as arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility,
and intellectual cowardice, as well as wishful or conspiratorial
thinking. What sorts of things are epistemic vices? How do we
detect and mitigate them? How and why do these vices prevent us
from acquiring knowledge, and what is their role in sustaining
patterns of ignorance? What is their relation to implicit or
unconscious bias? How do epistemic vices and systems of social
oppression relate to one another? Do we unwittingly absorb such
traits from the process of socialization and communities around us?
Are epistemic vices traits for which we can blamed? Can there be
institutional and collective epistemic vices? This book seeks to
answer these important questions about the vices of the mind and
their roles in our social and epistemic lives, and is the first
collection of its kind. Organized into three parts, chapters by
outstanding scholars explore the nature of epistemic vices,
specific examples of these vices, and case studies in applied vice
epistemology, including education and politics. Alongside these
foundational questions, the volume offers sophisticated accounts of
vices both new and familiar. These include epistemic arrogance and
servility, epistemic injustice, epistemic snobbishness,
conspiratorial thinking, procrastination, and forms of
closed-mindedness. Vice Epistemology is essential reading for
students of ethics, epistemology, and virtue theory, and various
areas of applied, feminist, and social philosophy. It will also be
of interest to practitioners, scholars, and activists in politics,
law, and education.
This introduction to the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy gives an
overview of his philosophical thought to date and situates it
within the broader context of contemporary French and European
thinking. The book examines Nancy's philosophy in relation to five
specific areas: his account of subjectivity; his understanding of
space and spatiality; his thinking about the body and embodiment;
his political thought; and his contribution to contemporary
aesthetics. In each case it shows the way in which Nancy develops
or moves beyond some of the key concerns associated with
phenomenology, post-structuralism, and what could broadly be termed
the "post-modern."
Wittgenstein criticised prevailing attitudes toward the sciences.
The target of his criticisms was 'scientism': what he described as
'the overestimation of science'. This collection is the first study
of Wittgenstein's anti-scientism - a theme in his work that is
clearly central to his thought yet strikingly neglected by the
existing literature. The book explores the philosophical basis of
Wittgenstein's anti-scientism; how this anti-scientism helps us
understand Wittgenstein's philosophical aims; and how this
underlies his later conception of philosophy and the kind of
philosophy he attacked. An outstanding team of international
contributors articulate and critically assess Wittgenstein's views
on scientism and anti-scientism, making Wittgenstein and Scientism
essential reading for students and scholars of Wittgenstein's work,
on topics as varied as the philosophy of mind and psychology,
philosophical practice, the nature of religious belief, and the
place of science in modern culture. Contributors: Jonathan Beale,
William Child, Annalisa Coliva, David E. Cooper, Ian James Kidd,
James C. Klagge, Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, Rupert Read, Genia
Schoenbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder, Benedict Smith, and Chon
Tejedor.
In the era of information and communication, issues of
misinformation and miscommunication are more pressing than ever.
Epistemic injustice - one of the most important and ground-breaking
subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years - refers to
those forms of unfair treatment that relate to issues of knowledge,
understanding, and participation in communicative practices. The
Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice is an outstanding
reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this
exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, it comprises
over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors,
divided into five parts: Core Concepts Liberatory Epistemologies
and Axes of Oppression Schools of Thought and Subfields within
Epistemology Socio-political, Ethical, and Psychological Dimensions
of Knowing Case Studies of Epistemic Injustice. As well as
fundamental topics such as testimonial and hermeneutic injustice
and epistemic trust, the Handbook includes chapters on important
issues such as social and virtue epistemology, objectivity and
objectification, implicit bias, and gender and race. Also included
are chapters on areas in applied ethics and philosophy, such as
law, education, and healthcare. The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic
Injustice is essential reading for students and researchers in
ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, feminist theory, and
philosophy of race. It will also be very useful for those in
related fields, such as cultural studies, sociology, education and
law.
Mary Midgley is one of the most important moral philosophers
working today. Over the last thirty years, her writings have
informed debates concerning animals, the environment and
evolutionary theory. The invited essays in this volume offer
critical reflections upon Midgley's work and further developments
of her ideas. The contributors include many of the leading
commentators on her work, including distinguished figures from the
disciplines of philosophy, biology, and ethology. The range of
topics includes the moral status of animals, the concept of
wickedness, science and mythology, Midgley's relationship to modern
moral philosophy, and her relationship with Iris Murdoch. It also
includes the first full bibliography of Midgley's writings. The
volume is the first major study of its kind and brings together
contributions from the many disciplines which Midgley's work has
influenced. It provides a clear account of the themes and
significance of her work and its implications for ongoing debates
about our understanding of our place within the world.
A career-spanning collection of published and unpublished writings
Catherine Malabou is one of the foremost, most innovative
intelligences working in contemporary French philosophy today. Her
work articulates a coherent conceptualisation of 'plasticity' by
merging recent neurobiology and medicinal sciences with the history
of philosophy and political theory.Across the essays gathered in
Plasticity: The Promise of Explosion, Malabou carves a
philosophical space between structuralism, deconstruction,
cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis and speculative realism. By
demonstrating the plastic transformability at the heart of these
disciplines, a change that always promises future explosion,
Malabou, as a female philosopher, also articulates the need to
'change difference' within patriarchal concepts of tradition
itself.The collection is divided into four thematic parts, each of
which showcases a major aspect of Malabou's conceptualisation of
plasticity. In his introduction, Ian James situates Malabou's work
within contemporary philosophy and navigates the contours of her
unique work.
In the era of information and communication, issues of
misinformation and miscommunication are more pressing than ever.
Epistemic injustice - one of the most important and ground-breaking
subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years - refers to
those forms of unfair treatment that relate to issues of knowledge,
understanding, and participation in communicative practices. The
Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice is an outstanding
reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this
exciting subject. The first collection of its kind, it comprises
over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors,
divided into five parts: Core Concepts Liberatory Epistemologies
and Axes of Oppression Schools of Thought and Subfields within
Epistemology Socio-political, Ethical, and Psychological Dimensions
of Knowing Case Studies of Epistemic Injustice. As well as
fundamental topics such as testimonial and hermeneutic injustice
and epistemic trust, the Handbook includes chapters on important
issues such as social and virtue epistemology, objectivity and
objectification, implicit bias, and gender and race. Also included
are chapters on areas in applied ethics and philosophy, such as
law, education, and healthcare. The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic
Injustice is essential reading for students and researchers in
ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, feminist theory, and
philosophy of race. It will also be very useful for those in
related fields, such as cultural studies, sociology, education and
law.
This introduction to the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy gives an
overview of his philosophical thought to date and situates it
within the broader context of contemporary French and European
thinking. The book examines Nancy's philosophy in relation to five
specific areas: his account of subjectivity; his understanding of
space and spatiality; his thinking about the body and embodiment;
his political thought; and his contribution to contemporary
aesthetics. In each case it shows the way in which Nancy develops
or moves beyond some of the key concerns associated with
phenomenology, post-structuralism, and what could broadly be termed
the "post-modern."
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