- 202 pages
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Why Philosophy?
About this book
Do we really need philosophy? The present collection of jargon-free essays aims at answering the question of why philosophy matters. Each essay considers the central question (Why Philosophy?) from different angles: the unavoidability of doing philosophy, the practical consequences of philosophy, philosophy as a therapy for the whole person, the benefits of philosophy for improving public policy, etc.
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Yes, you can access Why Philosophy? by Paolo Diego Bubbio, Jeff Malpas, Paolo Diego Bubbio,Jeff Malpas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Modern Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Why Philosophy?
- I. What Is Philosophy?
- Doing Philosophy
- The House Always Wins: Why Philosophy Isn’t Optional
- Why We Need Philosophy – and Philosophers
- Irreverent Thoughts on the Relevance of Philosophy
- II. What can Philosophy Contribute?
- Philosophy, Bias, and Stigma
- Thinking Failure in the War in Iraq: The Cultural Turn and the Concept of “World”
- The Role of Philosophy in “Post-Truth” Times
- III. What can Philosophy do?
- A Robot Took My Boyfriend and My Job: Positioning Philosophy for a Resurgence
- Good for Nothing: On Philosophy and its Discontents
- On Thinking in a Thoughtless Time
- Contributors
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects