1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820553003321

Autore

Findlay J. N (John Niemeyer), <1903-1987., >

Titolo

The discipline of the cave / / J. N. Findlay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-62560-7

1-283-96506-2

0-203-80226-8

1-136-62561-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1966 by George Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Discipline of the Cave; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; I. The Furnishings of the Cave; II. The Methods of Cave-Exploration: I. Phenomenological; III. The Methods of Cave-Exploration:II. Dialectical; IV. The Cave Foreground: The Resting Face of Bodies; V. The Cave Foreground: The Moving Face of Bodies; VI. The Dissolution of Bodies; VII. Further Antinomies of Bodies; VIII. The Realm of Minds; IX. The Realm of Minds (Continued); X. The Dissolution of the Realm of Minds; INDEX; CONTENTS OF SECOND SERIES OF LECTURES

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1966, The Discipline of the Cave is the first series of a course of Gifford lectures on philosophical issues.. J N Findlay's lectures use the image of the Cave to show how familiarity is full of restrictions, and involves puzzles and discrepancies unable to be resolved or removed. Such philosophical perplexities may be a result of the misunderstanding and abuse of ordinary ways of thinking and speaking. They may also be a way of 'drawing us towards being', providing proof of the absurdity of ordinary thought, speech and experience unless modified and added to in