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- catalog abstract ""Thoreau wrote that we have professors of philosophy but no philosophers. Can't we have both? Why doesn't philosophy hold a more central place in our lives? Why should it? Eloquently opposing the analytic thrust of philosophy in academia, noted pluralist philosopher Bruce Wilshire answers these questions and more in an effort to make philosophy more meaningful to our everyday lives. Writing in an accessible style he resurrects classic yet neglected forms of inquiring and communicating. In a series of personal essays, Wilshire describes what is wrong with the current state of philosophy in American higher education, namely the cozy but ultimately suffocating confinements of professionalism. He reclaims the role of the philosopher as one who, like Socrates, would goad us out of self-contentedness into a more authentic way of being and knowing."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12508910.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Thoreau wrote that we have professors of philosophy but no philosophers. Can't we have both? Why doesn't philosophy hold a more central place in our lives? Why should it? Eloquently opposing the analytic thrust of philosophy in academia, noted pluralist philosopher Bruce Wilshire answers these questions and more in an effort to make philosophy more meaningful to our everyday lives. Writing in an accessible style he resurrects classic yet neglected forms of inquiring and communicating. In a series of personal essays, Wilshire describes what is wrong with the current state of philosophy in American higher education, namely the cozy but ultimately suffocating confinements of professionalism. He reclaims the role of the philosopher as one who, like Socrates, would goad us out of self-contentedness into a more authentic way of being and knowing."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Nihilistic consequences of analytic philosophy -- "The Ph. D. octopus" : William James's prophetic grasp of the failures of academic professionalism -- The pluralist rebellion in the American Philosophical Association -- Phenomenology in the United States -- Nature or nurture? : the significance of indigenous thought -- Conceptual problems in grasping genocide -- Henry Bugbee : philosopher of intimacy -- William James on the "spiritual" -- Looking for Bek.".
- catalog extent "xv, 156 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0791454290 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791454304 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog subject "146/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Analysis (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "B29 .W496 2002".
- catalog subject "Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Nihilistic consequences of analytic philosophy -- "The Ph. D. octopus" : William James's prophetic grasp of the failures of academic professionalism -- The pluralist rebellion in the American Philosophical Association -- Phenomenology in the United States -- Nature or nurture? : the significance of indigenous thought -- Conceptual problems in grasping genocide -- Henry Bugbee : philosopher of intimacy -- William James on the "spiritual" -- Looking for Bek.".
- catalog title "Fashionable nihilism : a critique of analytic philosophy / Bruce Wilshire.".
- catalog type "text".