Thinking about Thinking: What Kind of Conversation Is Philosophy?

Adriaan T. Peperzak

Published by Fordham University Press 2012

Thinking about Thinking

What Kind of Conversation Is Philosophy?

Adriaan T. Peperzak

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293353

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Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy is unique. If it is a good one, it is also revealing for many—perhaps even for all—other philosophers. At the same time, all thinking is addressed to individual interlocutors, each of whom responds to it by transforming it into a different philosophy. This fact invites us to explore the dialogical dimension of thinking, which, in turn, refers us to the communitarian and historical contexts from which solitude, as well as solidarity, competition, alliances, and friendships in thought, emerge.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
One. That We Are a Conversation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Two. On the Unity of Thematic Philosophy and the History of Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
Three. The Relevance of Intersubjectivity for First Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Four. Education: Responsive Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Five. Philosophy: Wise about Friendship? In memory of André Schuwer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Six Vocative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Seven. Philosophy versus Faith? For Giovanni Ferretti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Eight. The Universality of a Christian Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Nine. Sacrificium Laudis—Sacrificium Intellectus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Ten. Philosophy as Mediation between Faith and Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 222

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Published: March 24, 2022
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