Fashionable nihilism : a critique of analytic philosophy / Bruce Wilshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilshire, Bruce W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Analysis (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of America's foremost philosophers reflects on the discipline and its relation to everyday life.

Contents:

Intro

Fashionable Nihilism

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. Nihilistic Consequences of Analytic Philosophy

2. "The Ph.D. Octopus": William James's Prophetic Grasp of the Failures of Academic Professionalism

3. The Pluralist Rebellion in the American Philosophical Association

4. Phenomenology in the United States

5. Nature or Nurture?: The Significance of Indigenous Thought

6. Conceptual Problems in Grasping Genocide

7. Henry Bugbee: Philosopher of Intimacy

8. William James on the "Spiritual"

9. Looking for Bek

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791488379

0791488373

9780585471044

0585471045

OCLC:

61367614