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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823662803321

Autore

Marquand Odo

Titolo

In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufalligen) [[electronic resource] ] : Philosophical Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-52598-3

0-19-802231-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Odâeon In defense of the accidental

Altri autori (Persone)

WallaceRobert M

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Culture

Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Author's Note; 1. Skeptics: A Speech of Thanks; 2. Unburdenings: Theodicy Motives in Modern Philosophy; 3. On The Dietetics of the Expectation of Meaning: Philosophical Observations; 4. Universal History and Multiversal History; 5. The Age of Unworldliness? A Contribution to the Analysis of the Present; 6. On the Unavoidability of the Human Sciences; 7. In Defense of the Accidental: Philosophical Reflections on Man; Note on the Selections; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The seven essays collected in this book address the history of modern ideas and contemporary cultural issues.  The first is the discourse of Marquard's acceptance of the Sigmund Freud prize; the second addresses the equivalence of modernity and the theodicee; the third confronts the idea of""meaning""; the fourth considers the notion of world history; the fifth addresses world alienation; the sixth deals with the human sciences; and the seventh is a mediation on chance and luck as essential aspects of the human condition.