Why philosophy? / edited by Paolo Diego Bubbio and Jeff Malpas.

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ISBN:

9783110649178

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DDC classification:

190 WHY 23

Contents:

Doing philosophy / Jacob Graham -- The house always wins: why philosophy isn't optional / Patrick Stokes -- Why we need philosophy-and philosophers / Paolo Diego Bubbio -- Irreverent thoughts on the relevance of philosophy / David Macarthur -- Philosophy, bias, and stigma / Lisa Bortolotti and Katherine Puddifoot -- Thinking failure in the war in Iraq: the cultural turn and the concept of "world" / Jon Askonas and Katherine Withy -- The role of philosophy in "post-truth" times / Paul Redding -- A robot took my boyfriend and my job: positioning philosophy for a resurgence / Robert Frodeman -- Good for nothing: on philosophy and its discontents / Babette Babich -- On thinking in a thoughtless time / Jeff Malpas

Summary: Do we really need philosophy? The present collection of jargon-free essays aims at answering the question of why philosophy matters. Each essay considers the central question (Why Philosophy?) from different angles: the unavoidability of doing philosophy, the practical consequences of philosophy, philosophy as a therapy for the whole person, the benefits of philosophy for improving public policy, etc

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	190 WHY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2409

Euro.99.99/- TB2630/180320

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Doing philosophy / Jacob Graham --
The house always wins: why philosophy isn't optional / Patrick Stokes --
Why we need philosophy-and philosophers / Paolo Diego Bubbio --
Irreverent thoughts on the relevance of philosophy / David Macarthur --
Philosophy, bias, and stigma / Lisa Bortolotti and Katherine Puddifoot --
Thinking failure in the war in Iraq: the cultural turn and the concept of "world" / Jon Askonas and Katherine Withy --
The role of philosophy in "post-truth" times / Paul Redding --
A robot took my boyfriend and my job: positioning philosophy for a resurgence / Robert Frodeman --
Good for nothing: on philosophy and its discontents / Babette Babich --
On thinking in a thoughtless time / Jeff Malpas

Do we really need philosophy? The present collection of jargon-free essays aims at answering the question of why philosophy matters. Each essay considers the central question (Why Philosophy?) from different angles: the unavoidability of doing philosophy, the practical consequences of philosophy, philosophy as a therapy for the whole person, the benefits of philosophy for improving public policy, etc

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