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As If

- Idealization and Ideals
Af: Kwame Anthony Appiah Engelsk Paperback

As If

- Idealization and Ideals
Af: Kwame Anthony Appiah Engelsk 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 BooksIdealization 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 Philosophical Reviews
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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 BooksIdealization 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 Philosophical Reviews
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9780674237711
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0674237714
Kategori: Populærfilosofi
Udg. Dato: 4 mar 2019
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 103mm
Højde: 177mm
Forlag: Harvard University Press
Oplagsdato: 4 mar 2019
Forfatter(e): Kwame Anthony Appiah
Forfatter(e) Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kategori Populærfilosofi

ISBN-13 9780674237711

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 103mm

Højde 177mm

Udg. Dato 4 mar 2019

Oplagsdato 4 mar 2019

Forlag Harvard University Press

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