On Transforming Philosophy: A Metaphilosophical Inquiry

by Kai Nielsen

Overview

When I first conceived of this book, I intended to write a short book and one, the great philosophical figures of the past and a few very eminent contemporaries aside, which made no reference to other philosophers and contained no quotations, footnotes and the like. I ended up doing neither. Indeed I went nearly to the exact opposite. I wrote a rather long book with, among other things, extensive discussions of my contemporaries and near contemporaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000307375
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Kai Nielsen is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary. He is the author of many books and articles on ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphilosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Introduction: Viewing Philosophy -- Part I: Philosophy as Metaphysics -- 1. Speculative Metaphysics -- 2. Metaphysics and A Priori Knowledge -- Part Il: Philosophy as Epistemology -- 3. Epistemology and Skepticism -- 4. The Foundationalist Quest -- Part Ill: Philosophy as Critique -- 5. Philosophy and the Problems of Life -- 6. Critique and Meta-Inquiries -- Concluding-Remarks: An Anticipatory Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book and Author.

Editorial Reviews

Continuing his challenge of philosophy as practiced, Nielsen (philosophy, U. of Calgary) rejects the extravagant claims of traditional philosophy, especially foundational, epistemology, and metaphysics, and argues for a more modest but achievable view of the field. Influenced by Dewey and Rawls, he insists that philosophy must be devoted to actual problems of real people in everyday life. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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