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Autore |
Wilshire Bruce W |
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Titolo |
Fashionable nihilism : a critique of analytic philosophy / / Bruce Wilshire |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002 |
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9780791488379 |
0791488373 |
9780585471044 |
0585471045 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Philosophy |
Analysis (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Fashionable Nihilism -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Nihilistic Consequences of Analytic Philosophy -- 2. "The Ph.D. Octopus": William James's Prophetic Grasp of the Failures of Academic Professionalism -- 3. The Pluralist Rebellion in the American Philosophical Association -- 4. Phenomenology in the United States -- 5. Nature or Nurture?: The Significance of Indigenous Thought -- 6. Conceptual Problems in Grasping Genocide -- 7. Henry Bugbee: Philosopher of Intimacy -- 8. William James on the "Spiritual" -- 9. Looking for Bek -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of America's foremost philosophers reflects on the discipline and its relation to everyday life. |
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