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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814176903321

Autore

Peperzak Adriaan Theodoor <1929->

Titolo

Thinking about thinking : what kind of conversation is philosophy? / / Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8232-4021-5

0-8232-4953-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

101

Soggetti

Philosophy and religion

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

That we are a conversation -- On the unity of thematic philosophy and philosophy as history of thought -- The relevance of intersubjectivity for first philosophy and the history of philosophy -- Education: responsive tradition -- Philosophy: wise about friendship? -- Vocative -- Philosophy versus faith? -- The universality of a Christian philosophy -- Sacrificium laudis, sacrificium intellectus -- Philosophy as mediation between faith and culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy is unique.