Thinking about Thinking : What Kind of Conversation Is Philosophy? / Adriaan T. Peperzak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peperzak, Adriaan T., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

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 by transforming 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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

One. That We Are a Conversation

Two. On the Unity of Thematic Philosophy and the History of Thought

Three. The Relevance of Intersubjectivity for First Philosophy and the History of Philosophy

Four. Education: Responsive Tradition

Five. Philosophy: Wise about Friendship?

Six Vocative

Seven. Philosophy versus Faith?

Eight. The Universality of a Christian Philosophy

Nine. Sacrificium Laudis—Sacrificium Intellectus

Ten. Philosophy as Mediation between Faith and Culture

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780823293353

0823293351

OCLC:

1369651096