LEADER 03785nam 2200613 450 001 9910465971403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53657-7 024 7 $a10.7312/vatt16696 035 $a(CKB)3710000000614331 035 $a(EBL)4389049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001635978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16388692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001635978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13808873 035 $a(PQKB)11519891 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001358539 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4389049 035 $a(DE-B1597)473097 035 $a(OCoLC)944952254 035 $a(OCoLC)979575279 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231536578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4389049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11210561 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL906001 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000614331 100 $a20160525h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOf reality $ethe purposes of philosophy /$fGianni Vattimo ; translated by Robert T. Valgenti 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16696-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tI. THE LEUVEN LECTURES -- $t1. The Nietzsche Effect -- $t2. The Heidegger Effect -- $t3. The Age of the World Picture -- $tII. INTERMISSION -- $t4. The Temptation of Realism -- $tIII. THE GIFFORD LECTURES -- $t5. Tarski and the Quotation Marks -- $t6. Beyond Phenomenology -- $t7. Being and Event -- $t8. The Ethical Dissolution of Reality -- $tIV. APPENDIX -- $t9. Metaphysics and Violence: A Question of Method -- $t10. From Heidegger to Marx: Hermeneutics as the Philosophy of Praxis -- $t11. The End of Philosophy in the Age of Democracy -- $t12. True and False Universalism -- $t13. The Evil That Is Not, 1 -- $t14. The Evil That Is Not, 2 -- $t15. Weak Thought, Thought of the Weak -- $t16. From Dialogue to Conflict -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aWe think it is wise to accept reality, rather than fight for something that does not exist or might never be. But in Of Reality, Gianni Vattimo condemns this complacency, with its implicit support of the status quo. Instead he urges us to never stop questioning, contrasting, or overcoming reality, which is not natural, inevitable, or objective. Reality is a construct, reflecting, among other things, our greed, biases, and tendencies toward violence. It is no accident, Vattimo argues, that the call to embrace reality has emerged at a time when the inequalities of liberal capitalism are at their most extreme. Developed from his popular Gifford Lectures, this book advances a critical approach that recovers our interpretive powers and native skepticism toward normative claims. Though he recognizes his ideas invite charges of relativism, the philosopher counters with a discussion of truth, highlighting its longstanding ties to history and social circumstance. Truth is always contingent and provisional, and reason and reasonableness are bound to historical context. Truth is therefore never objective, and resistance to reality is our best hope to defeat the indifference that threatens the scope of freedom and democracy. 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern. 676 $a110 700 $aVattimo$b Gianni$f1936-$010352 702 $aValgenti$b Robert T. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465971403321 996 $aOf reality$92476454 997 $aUNINA