A Companion to Applied Philosophy

According to the Foreword, these events “helped to crystallize and provide a conduit for two lines of thought: first, that many actually existing social, political, and personal controversies had a basis in claims, counter-claims, and confusions of a philosophical nature, and hence that clear, incis...

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Published in:Reference reviews 2018-01, Vol.32 (1), p.4-5
Main Author: Petheram, Michel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Philosophy
Political philosophy
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Summary:According to the Foreword, these events “helped to crystallize and provide a conduit for two lines of thought: first, that many actually existing social, political, and personal controversies had a basis in claims, counter-claims, and confusions of a philosophical nature, and hence that clear, incisive philosophical reasoning could bring some benefit to those who wrestle with such controversies […]; and, second, that the skills in which philosophers become highly adept represent a great reservoir of intellectual power, and that these tools should sometimes be placed in the service of…ends connected with the development of the individual and society”.[...]after the three introductory articles that comprise Part 1, there are eight more parts: epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of language, ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of law, philosophy of science, aesthetics, philosophy of religion and finally, two chapters on the history of applied philosophy.[...]one of the authors in this volume sets a test by which applied philosophy and this volume itself might be judged.
ISSN:0950-4125
1758-7697
DOI:10.1108/RR-09-2017-0190