A community of individuals / / John Lachs |
Autore | Lachs John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.01 |
Collana | Routledge American Philosophy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Communities - Philosophy
Individualism Philosophy, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-88097-0
1-134-72816-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Dedication; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Intellectuals and Courage; 1. Intellectuals and Courage; 2. Reflections on Philosophy; 3. Teaching as a Calling; 4. Education in the Twenty-First Century; Part II. Issues for Individuals; 5. What Humans Did Not Make; 6. Valuational Species; 7. Improving Life; 8. Transcendence in Philosophy and in Everyday Life; 9. The Vague Hope of Immortality; Part III. Problems for Communities; 10. Both Better Off and Better: Moral Progress amid Continuing Carnage; 11. The Significance of Purposes for Bioethics
12. Grand Dreams of Perfect People13. Researchers and Their Subjects as Neighbors; 14. Dying Old as a Social Problem; Part IV. American Philosophers; 15. The Insignificance of Individuals; 16. Santayana as Pragmatist; 17. Neoplatonic Elements in the Spiritual Life; 18. Peirce: Inquiry as Social Life; 19. Peirce and Santayana on Purposes; 20. Metaphysics and the Social Construction of Human Nature; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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A community of individuals / / John Lachs |
Autore | Lachs John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.01 |
Collana | Routledge American Philosophy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Communities - Philosophy
Individualism Philosophy, American |
ISBN |
1-134-72823-9
1-315-88097-0 1-134-72816-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Dedication; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Intellectuals and Courage; 1. Intellectuals and Courage; 2. Reflections on Philosophy; 3. Teaching as a Calling; 4. Education in the Twenty-First Century; Part II. Issues for Individuals; 5. What Humans Did Not Make; 6. Valuational Species; 7. Improving Life; 8. Transcendence in Philosophy and in Everyday Life; 9. The Vague Hope of Immortality; Part III. Problems for Communities; 10. Both Better Off and Better: Moral Progress amid Continuing Carnage; 11. The Significance of Purposes for Bioethics
12. Grand Dreams of Perfect People13. Researchers and Their Subjects as Neighbors; 14. Dying Old as a Social Problem; Part IV. American Philosophers; 15. The Insignificance of Individuals; 16. Santayana as Pragmatist; 17. Neoplatonic Elements in the Spiritual Life; 18. Peirce: Inquiry as Social Life; 19. Peirce and Santayana on Purposes; 20. Metaphysics and the Social Construction of Human Nature; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786814203321 |
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Freedom and limits / / John Lachs ; edited by Patrick Shade |
Autore | Lachs John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | American Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Life |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8232-5675-8
0-8232-5793-2 0-8232-6096-8 0-8232-5676-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1 The Impotent Mind -- 2 Santayana’s Philosophy of Mind -- 3 Fichte’s Idealism -- 4 Peirce, Santayana, and the Large Facts -- 5 The Transcendence of Materialism and Idealism in American Thought -- 6 Primitive Naturalism -- 7 Two Views of Happiness in Mill -- 8 Questions of Life and Death -- 9 On Selling Organs -- 10 A Community of Psyches -- 11 The Cost of Community -- 12 Public Benefit, Private Cost -- 13 Leaving Others Alone -- 14 Relativism and Its Benefits -- 15 The Element of Choice in Criteria of Death -- 16 Human Natures -- 17 Persons and Different Kinds of Persons -- 18 Grand Dreams of Perfect People -- 19 Philosophical Pluralism -- 20 To Have and to Be -- 21 Drugs: The Fallacy of Avoidable Consequences -- 22 Loving Life -- 23 Aristotle and Dewey on the Rat Race -- 24 Improving Life -- 25 Stoic Pragmatism -- 26 Pragmatism and Death -- 27 The Relevance of Philosophy to Life -- 28 Both Better Off and Better -- 29 Education in the Twenty- First Century (with Shirley M. Lachs) -- 30 Learning About Possibility -- 31 Moral Holidays -- 32 Good Enough -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Freedom and limits / / John Lachs ; edited by Patrick Shade |
Autore | Lachs John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | American Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Life |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Human natures
Santayana choice inclusive facts finitude freedom good enough infinite obligations progress satisfaction |
ISBN |
0-8232-5675-8
0-8232-5793-2 0-8232-6096-8 0-8232-5676-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1 The Impotent Mind -- 2 Santayana’s Philosophy of Mind -- 3 Fichte’s Idealism -- 4 Peirce, Santayana, and the Large Facts -- 5 The Transcendence of Materialism and Idealism in American Thought -- 6 Primitive Naturalism -- 7 Two Views of Happiness in Mill -- 8 Questions of Life and Death -- 9 On Selling Organs -- 10 A Community of Psyches -- 11 The Cost of Community -- 12 Public Benefit, Private Cost -- 13 Leaving Others Alone -- 14 Relativism and Its Benefits -- 15 The Element of Choice in Criteria of Death -- 16 Human Natures -- 17 Persons and Different Kinds of Persons -- 18 Grand Dreams of Perfect People -- 19 Philosophical Pluralism -- 20 To Have and to Be -- 21 Drugs: The Fallacy of Avoidable Consequences -- 22 Loving Life -- 23 Aristotle and Dewey on the Rat Race -- 24 Improving Life -- 25 Stoic Pragmatism -- 26 Pragmatism and Death -- 27 The Relevance of Philosophy to Life -- 28 Both Better Off and Better -- 29 Education in the Twenty- First Century (with Shirley M. Lachs) -- 30 Learning About Possibility -- 31 Moral Holidays -- 32 Good Enough -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248276003316 |
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Freedom and limits / / John Lachs ; edited by Patrick Shade |
Autore | Lachs John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | American Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Life |
Soggetto non controllato |
Human natures
Santayana choice inclusive facts finitude freedom good enough infinite obligations progress satisfaction |
ISBN |
0-8232-5675-8
0-8232-5793-2 0-8232-6096-8 0-8232-5676-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1 The Impotent Mind -- 2 Santayana’s Philosophy of Mind -- 3 Fichte’s Idealism -- 4 Peirce, Santayana, and the Large Facts -- 5 The Transcendence of Materialism and Idealism in American Thought -- 6 Primitive Naturalism -- 7 Two Views of Happiness in Mill -- 8 Questions of Life and Death -- 9 On Selling Organs -- 10 A Community of Psyches -- 11 The Cost of Community -- 12 Public Benefit, Private Cost -- 13 Leaving Others Alone -- 14 Relativism and Its Benefits -- 15 The Element of Choice in Criteria of Death -- 16 Human Natures -- 17 Persons and Different Kinds of Persons -- 18 Grand Dreams of Perfect People -- 19 Philosophical Pluralism -- 20 To Have and to Be -- 21 Drugs: The Fallacy of Avoidable Consequences -- 22 Loving Life -- 23 Aristotle and Dewey on the Rat Race -- 24 Improving Life -- 25 Stoic Pragmatism -- 26 Pragmatism and Death -- 27 The Relevance of Philosophy to Life -- 28 Both Better Off and Better -- 29 Education in the Twenty- First Century (with Shirley M. Lachs) -- 30 Learning About Possibility -- 31 Moral Holidays -- 32 Good Enough -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789374403321 |
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Freedom and limits / / John Lachs ; edited by Patrick Shade |
Autore | Lachs John |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 p.) |
Disciplina | 128 |
Collana | American Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Life |
Soggetto non controllato |
Human natures
Santayana choice inclusive facts finitude freedom good enough infinite obligations progress satisfaction |
ISBN |
0-8232-5675-8
0-8232-5793-2 0-8232-6096-8 0-8232-5676-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1 The Impotent Mind -- 2 Santayana’s Philosophy of Mind -- 3 Fichte’s Idealism -- 4 Peirce, Santayana, and the Large Facts -- 5 The Transcendence of Materialism and Idealism in American Thought -- 6 Primitive Naturalism -- 7 Two Views of Happiness in Mill -- 8 Questions of Life and Death -- 9 On Selling Organs -- 10 A Community of Psyches -- 11 The Cost of Community -- 12 Public Benefit, Private Cost -- 13 Leaving Others Alone -- 14 Relativism and Its Benefits -- 15 The Element of Choice in Criteria of Death -- 16 Human Natures -- 17 Persons and Different Kinds of Persons -- 18 Grand Dreams of Perfect People -- 19 Philosophical Pluralism -- 20 To Have and to Be -- 21 Drugs: The Fallacy of Avoidable Consequences -- 22 Loving Life -- 23 Aristotle and Dewey on the Rat Race -- 24 Improving Life -- 25 Stoic Pragmatism -- 26 Pragmatism and Death -- 27 The Relevance of Philosophy to Life -- 28 Both Better Off and Better -- 29 Education in the Twenty- First Century (with Shirley M. Lachs) -- 30 Learning About Possibility -- 31 Moral Holidays -- 32 Good Enough -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815387503321 |
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Stoic pragmatism [[electronic resource] /] / John Lachs |
Autore | Lachs John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
Disciplina |
144.3
171.2 |
Collana | American philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics
Stoics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-59648-1
0-253-00721-6 9786613626318 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What can philosophy do to make life better? -- Stoic pragmatism -- Infinite obligations -- An ontology for stoic pragmatism -- Epilogue: the personal value and social usefulness of philosophy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452240603321 |
Lachs John
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012 | ||
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Stoic pragmatism [[electronic resource] /] / John Lachs |
Autore | Lachs John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
Disciplina |
144.3
171.2 |
Collana | American philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics
Stoics |
ISBN |
1-280-59648-1
0-253-00721-6 9786613626318 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What can philosophy do to make life better? -- Stoic pragmatism -- Infinite obligations -- An ontology for stoic pragmatism -- Epilogue: the personal value and social usefulness of philosophy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779286403321 |
Lachs John
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012 | ||
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