Thinking about thinking : what kind of conversation is philosophy? / Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peperzak, Adriaan Theodoor, 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

x, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy is unique. If it is a good one, it is also revealing for many--perhaps even for all--other philosophers. At the same time, all thinking is addressed to individual interlocutors, each of whom responds to it bytransforming it into a different philosophy. This fact invites us to explore the dialogical dimension of thinking, which, in turn, refers us to the communitarian and historical contexts from which solitude, as well as solidarity, competition, alliances, and friendships in thought, emerge.

Contents:

That we are a conversation

On the unity of thematic philosophy and the history of thought

The relevance of intersubjectivity for first philosophy and the history of philosophy

Education: responsive tradition

Philosophy: wise about friendship?

Vocative

Philosophy versus faith?

The universality of a Christian philosophy

Sacrificium laudis, sacrificium intellectus

Philosophy as mediation between faith and culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0823240185

9780823240173

0823240177

9780823240180

OCLC:

723529563

Publisher Number:

99948070103