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Piercey, Robert

 
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Sinossi

In this book Robert Piercey asks how it is possible to do philosophy by studying the thinkers of the past.

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Descrizione del libro

This book asks how it is possible to do philosophy by studying the thinkers of the past. The answer is developed through readings of Martin Heidegger, Richard Rorty, Paul Ricoeur, Alasdair MacIntyre and other historically-minded philosophers. The result is a powerful and original account of how philosophers use the past.

Contenuti

Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: the uses of the past; 1. Doing philosophy historically; 2. The role of narrative; 3. Defending the historical thesis; 4. The critical approach: MacIntyre; 5. The diagnostic approach: Heidegger; 6. The synthetic approach: Ricoeur; Consequences; References; Index.

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