| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: you, me, Kant, and Carroll -- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll -- A comparatist's risks and rewards -- A handful of rules against philosophical self-isolation -- What death makes of philosophy -- Keeping the world together -- The common universe of aesthetics -- Are the deaf and blind epistemologically isolated? -- Pain, cruelty, and pathology in art -- On the transparency and opacity of philosophers -- The three philosophical traditions -- Does philosophy progress? -- Nonutopian observations on Machiavellism -- On the nature and limits of ineffability -- Ineffabilities are the demons and angels of incompleteness and incompletability -- What can and cannot words express? -- The bird with bread in its beak -- You, me, and Kaufmann's Discovering the mind |
| Summary |
What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of startlingly synthesized thought. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions-not to mention philosophy-he demonstrates again and again the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
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| SUBJECT |
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 fast |
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast |
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Philosophy, Comparative.
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Art, Comparative.
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Machiavellianism (Psychology)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Reference.
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Art, Comparative
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Machiavellianism (Psychology)
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Philosophy, Comparative
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226105895 |
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022610589X |
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