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    On Transforming Philosophy by Nielsen, Kai;

    A Metaphilosophical Inquiry

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 31 May 2021

    • ISBN 9780367297343
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages304 pages
    • Size 229x148 mm
    • Weight 560 g
    • Language English
    • 166

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    Short description:

    In this book, Kai Nielsen, one of the most prominent critics of philosophy-as-usual, examines critically the most important claims made on behalf of philosophy. He carves out a defensible terrain for philosophy to inhabit-a terrain cleared of the more extravagant but implausible claims made by traditional philosophy.

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    Long description:

    Since Rorty, the crisis of method and interests in philosophy has been at the forefront of metaphilosophy. In this book, Kai Nielsen, one of the most prominent critics of philosophy-as-usual, examines critically the most important claims made on behalf of philosophy. After rejecting as chimerical the ambitious claims of traditional, especially foun

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface -- Introduction -- Philosophy as Metaphysics -- Speculative Metaphysics -- Metaphysics and A Priori Knowledge -- Philosophy as Epistemology -- Epistemology and Skepticism -- The Foundationlist Quest -- Philosophy as Critique -- Philiosophy and the Problems of Life -- Critique and Meta-Inquiries -- Concluding Remarks

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