Weissman Styles of Thought

Interpretation, Inquiry, and Imagination
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7926-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Differentiates inquiry from interpretation in order to secure a foundation for truth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weissman, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Two Styles of Explanation: Interpretation and Inquiry Interpretation
Inquiry
Different Tasks
Perspective
Contrary Responses: An Example
Mixed Modes
Applications
Values
Morality
Politics 2. Interpretation: Self and Society Origin and Context
Distortion
Emotion
Assumptions for a Taxonomy
Stories
Socialized Interpretations
Eliding Fact and Value
Magic, Myth, and Metaphor
Faith and Fantasy
Philosophic Rationales
Tolerance 3. Inquiry: Practical Life and Science Context and Objectives
Meaning
Truth
Animadversions
Engaging Other People and Things
Aims
Ideals
A Choice 4. A Disputed Question Ontological Alternatives
The Dialectic of Untestable Ideas
Reconciliation 5. Imagination Construction
Construction Rules
Variation
Discipline 6. Leading Principles Priority
Precedents
Use
An Inventory of Leading Principles
Values
When Practical Life and Science Disagree
Categorial Form Afterword
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Weissman is Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York and the author of many books, including Lost Souls: The Philosophic Origins of a Cultural Dilemma and The Cage: Must, Should, and Ought from Is, both also published by SUNY Press.