Philosophical Finesse

Studies in the Art of Rational Persuasion
Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-0-19-824455-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

This book puts forward an interpretation of rationality which is much broader than the one underlying the current polarity between analytic and continental philosophy. It will help to reaffirm a range of ideas which have long been pushed to the sidelines by the dominance of the geometric model of philosophical argument.

Descartes's dream of attaining a `certitude equal to the demonstrations of Arithmetic and Geometry' reinforced the assumption that rationality must be assessed in terms of logical structure. Against this, Pascal invoked the notion of `finesse', and Warner extends Pascal's usage in this book to specify a related set of informal but legitimate styles of argument.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warner, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Philosophical reasoning: The disposition to Geometrize; Classical models of rationality: Plato, Aristotle and Cicero; On taking the Phaedo seriously; Job versus his comforters: Rival paradigms of "Wisdom"; Pascal's reasons of the heart; Hume and the education of Pamphilus; Nietzsche's philosophical hammer; Philosophical finesse; notes