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The Responsibility of the Philosopher / Gianni Vattimo; ed. by Franca D'Agostini.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231152433
  • 9780231527125
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 190 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Strong Reasons For Weak Thought -- 1. Philosophy and Science -- 2. Philosophy, History, Literature -- 3. Logic in Philosophy -- 4. To Speak The Truth -- 5. The Vocation To Philosophy And The Responsibility Of Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He seems to embody several contradictions, at once defending and questioning religion and critiquing and serving the state. Yet the diversity of his life and thought form the very essence of, as he sees it, the vocation and responsibility of the philosopher. In a world that desires quantifiable results and ideological expediency, the philosopher becomes the vital interpreter of the endlessly complex.As he outlines his ideas about the philosopher's role, Vattimo builds an important companion to his life's work. He confronts questions of science, religion, logic, literature, and truth, and passionately defends the power of hermeneutics to engage with life's conundrums. Vattimo conjures a clear vision of philosophy as something separate from the sciences and the humanities but also intimately connected to their processes, and he explicates a conception of truth that emphasizes fidelity and participation through dialogue.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Strong Reasons For Weak Thought -- 1. Philosophy and Science -- 2. Philosophy, History, Literature -- 3. Logic in Philosophy -- 4. To Speak The Truth -- 5. The Vocation To Philosophy And The Responsibility Of Philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Over the course of his career, Gianni Vattimo has assumed a number of public and private identities and has pursued multiple intellectual paths. He seems to embody several contradictions, at once defending and questioning religion and critiquing and serving the state. Yet the diversity of his life and thought form the very essence of, as he sees it, the vocation and responsibility of the philosopher. In a world that desires quantifiable results and ideological expediency, the philosopher becomes the vital interpreter of the endlessly complex.As he outlines his ideas about the philosopher's role, Vattimo builds an important companion to his life's work. He confronts questions of science, religion, logic, literature, and truth, and passionately defends the power of hermeneutics to engage with life's conundrums. Vattimo conjures a clear vision of philosophy as something separate from the sciences and the humanities but also intimately connected to their processes, and he explicates a conception of truth that emphasizes fidelity and participation through dialogue.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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