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Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives de Kevin Schilbrack

Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives

Editat de Kevin Schilbrack
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mai 2002
Eight outstanding essays, from leading academics, deconstruct perennial problems of rationality, imagination and narrative to trace the influence of myth in our own beliefs, origins, and potential futures. Thinking Through Myths attempts to reconcile the opposed claims of pragmatism and beauty, calling for the acknowledgement of myths in everyday experience.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415254618
ISBN-10: 0415254612
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Notă biografică

Kevin Schilbrack is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Wesleyan College, Georgia. A graduate of the University of Chicago Divinity School, he has a long-standing interest in the interaction of metaphysics, logic and belief.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements Introduction: On the Use of Philosophy in the Study of Myths, Kevin Schilbrack Chapter 1. Myth as Primitive Philosophy, Robert A. Segal Chapter 2. Myth as Primitive Philosophy, Milton Scarborough Chapter 3. Myth and Pragmatic Semiotics, William Power Chapter 4. Myth and Metaphysics, Kevin Schilbrack Chapter 5. Myth and Feminist Philosophy, Pamela Sue Anderson Chapter 6. Myth and Moral Philosophy, James Wetzel Chapter 7. Myth and Postmodern Philosophy, William Doty Chapter 8. Myth and Environmental Philosophy, J. Baird Callicott Chapter 9. Myth and Ideology, Christopher Flood Chapter 10. Myth and Public Science, Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell Contributors Index

Descriere

Embracing a radical balance between myths illusory and functional status these eight outstanding essays, from leading academics, deconstruct problems of rationality, imagination and narrative to trace the influence of myth in our own beliefs.