The Philosophy of Practical Affairs:An Introduction (Philosophical Practice)

by: Joseph Agassi (Author)

Publisher: Lexington Books

Publication Date: 2022/11/23

Language: English

Print Length: 172 pages

ISBN-10: 1793651736

ISBN-13: 9781793651730

Book Description

The Philosophy of Practical Affairs:An Introduction addresses the problems of everyday life, problems that from time to time fate drops on normal twenty-first-century weste individuals. Addressing both students and philosophers, Joseph Agassi considers the usefulness of the treatment of daily problems within academic philosophy, including rationalism and fundamental issues of practical wisdom, the community, and the individual’s relationship to community. Unlike most philosophy-of-life literatures from pop-philosophy—especially religious homilies or wisdom literature, including the (pseudo-)cabbalist or (pseudo-)Buddhist, and their like—the book acknowledges real, disturbing situations. Waing the reader against various kinds of intellectual dishonesty, and committed to their rational autonomy, the author thinks through philosophical concepts that are in the end practical issues of philosophy of life.

About the Author

The Philosophy of Practical Affairs:An Introduction addresses the problems of everyday life, problems that from time to time fate drops on normal twenty-first-century weste individuals. Addressing both students and philosophers, Joseph Agassi considers the usefulness of the treatment of daily problems within academic philosophy, including rationalism and fundamental issues of practical wisdom, the community, and the individual’s relationship to community. Unlike most philosophy-of-life literatures from pop-philosophy—especially religious homilies or wisdom literature, including the (pseudo-)cabbalist or (pseudo-)Buddhist, and their like—the book acknowledges real, disturbing situations. Waing the reader against various kinds of intellectual dishonesty, and committed to their rational autonomy, the author thinks through philosophical concepts that are in the end practical issues of philosophy of life.