Dimensions of Practical Necessity
. Ed(S): Varga, Somogy; Mieth, Corinna
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Hardback. Editor(s): Varga, Somogy; Mieth, Corinna. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This collection of essays provides the first systematic investigation of practical necessity and offers novel perspectives on this intriguing phenomenon. While debates on necessity often take place in the realm of metaphysics, there is a form of necessity that is pertinent to practical philosophy. “Here I stand. I can do no other,” a phrase habitually attributed to Martin Luther, is often interpreted as revealing underlying normative reasons that exhibit a special kind of necessitating force, experienced as an inescapable constraint by the agent. However, one of the features that make this phenomenon so fascinating is that this constraint is often deciphered ... Read more
This collection of essays provides the first systematic investigation of practical necessity and offers novel perspectives on this intriguing phenomenon. While debates on necessity often take place in the realm of metaphysics, there is a form of necessity that is pertinent to practical philosophy. “Here I stand. I can do no other,” a phrase habitually attributed to Martin Luther, is often interpreted as revealing underlying normative reasons that exhibit a special kind of necessitating force, experienced as an inescapable constraint by the agent. However, one of the features that make this phenomenon so fascinating is that this constraint is often deciphered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319523972
SKU
V9783319523972
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About . Ed(S): Varga, Somogy; Mieth, Corinna
Somogy Varga (PhD, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main) is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. His primary areas of research are philosophy of psychiatry/mind, moral psychology and social philosophy. His publications include Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal (Routledge 2011) and Naturalism, Interpretation, and Mental Disorder (Oxford University Press 2015). Katharina Bauer, Dr. phil., is a Feodor-Lynen Fellow ... Read more
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