Reshaping reason [[electronic resource] ] : toward a new philosophy / / John McCumber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821273203321
• Autore: McCumber John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 9786612072369; 0-253-21936-1; 0-253-11050-5; 1-282-07236-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 191
• Soggetti: 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 (p. [249]-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Historico-philosophical prologue -- Enlarging the philosophical toolbox -- From metaphysics to ontologies -- The edge of ethics.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Reshaping Reason, John McCumber advocates new life for American philosophy. At present, McCumber believes, American philosophy is ready to go in new directions, but American philosophers remain hopelessly divided between analytic or Continental approaches. There seems to be no middle ground, and the debate between the two traditions has created indifference to the field, both in wider intellectual culture and among philosophers themselves. Here, McCumber brings together aspects of analytic and Conti