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Of Reality : The Purposes of Philosophy /

We think it is wise to accept reality, rather than fight for something that does not exist or might never be. But in Of Reality, Gianni Vattimo condemns this complacency, with its implicit support of the status quo. Instead he urges us to never stop questioning, contrasting, or overcoming reality, w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vattimo, Gianni (Autor)
Otros Autores: Valgenti, Robert T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. THE LEUVEN LECTURES
  • 1. The Nietzsche Effect
  • 2. The Heidegger Effect
  • 3. The Age of the World Picture
  • II. INTERMISSION
  • 4. The Temptation of Realism
  • III. THE GIFFORD LECTURES
  • 5. Tarski and the Quotation Marks
  • 6. Beyond Phenomenology
  • 7. Being and Event
  • 8. The Ethical Dissolution of Reality
  • IV. APPENDIX
  • 9. Metaphysics and Violence: A Question of Method
  • 10. From Heidegger to Marx: Hermeneutics as the Philosophy of Praxis
  • 11. The End of Philosophy in the Age of Democracy
  • 12. True and False Universalism
  • 13. The Evil That Is Not, 1
  • 14. The Evil That Is Not, 2
  • 15. Weak Thought, Thought of the Weak
  • 16. From Dialogue to Conflict
  • Notes
  • Index