Conversations about Philosophy, Volume 2.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Collections

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Philosophy.

Meaning (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Conversations About Philosophy, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Brian Epstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University;2. Onora O'Neill, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a crossbench member of the House of Lords;3. Susan James, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London;4. Hasana Sharp, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University;5. Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

The Social World, Reexamined

A conversation with Brian Epstein

Introduction

I. Wondering About the World

II. Empirical Influences

III. Unquestioned Assumptions

IV. Beyond Emergence

V. Ontological Examinations

VI. Better Models

VII. Modelling Concerns

VIII. Getting Specific

IX. No, We Can't

X. Responses and Reactions

XI. The Value of Breadth

XII. Learning Our Lessons?

XIII. Applied Philosophy

Continuing the Conversation

Kant, Applied

A conversation with Onora O'Neill

I. A Circuitous Route

II. Becoming Philosophical

III. The Categorical Imperative

IV. Human Rights

V. Implementation

Exploring Spinoza

A conversation with Susan James

I. Philosophical Beginnings

II. Setting the Stage

III. Spinozistic Separation

IV. Determinism

V. Modern Lessons

VI. The Philosophical Life

Flourishing Through Spinoza

A conversation with Hasana Sharp

I. Radical Beginnings

II. Finding Spinoza

III. The Joy of the Unknown

IV. Modern Implications

V. Philanthropic Post-Humanism

Meaningfulness

A conversation with Susan Wolf

I. Philosophical Engagement

II. Investigating Motivation

III. Exploring Fulfillment

IV. Subjective meets Objective

V. Objectivity Emerges

VI. Why Meaning Matters, Part I

VII. Enter Sisyphus

VIII. Frames of Reference

IX. Why Meaning Matters, Part II

X. Towards a Meaningful World

XI. Beyond Happiness

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771701907

1771701900

9781771701624

1771701625

OCLC:

1255235981