The great endarkenment : philosophy for an age of hyperspecialization /

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Human beings have always been specialists, but over the past two centuries division of labor has become deeper, ubiquitous, and much more fluid. The form it now takes brings in its wake a series of problems that are simultaneously philosophical and practical, having to do with coordinating the activ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Millgram, Elijah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Philosophy, Modern > 21st century > Methodology.
Specialism (Philosophy)
Analysis (Philosophy)
Specialization
Philosophie > 21e siècle > Méthodologie.
Spécialisation.
Philosophie analytique.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Philosophy, Modern > Methodology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory remarks on the Tower of Babel
  • The great endarkenment
  • Appendix a
  • Appendix b
  • Practical reasoning for serial hyperspecializers
  • D'où venons-nous. . . que sommes nous. . .où allons-nous?
  • Millian metaethics
  • Why do we think there are things we ought to do?
  • Lewis's epicycles, possible worlds, and the mysteries of modality
  • Progressive necessity
  • Applied ethics, moral skepticism and reasons with expiration dates
  • Segmented agency
  • Postscript.

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