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Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James
Sarin Marchetti
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Description for Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James
Hardcover. Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of philosophical activity. He sketches a composite picture of a Jamesian approach to ethics revolving around the key notion and practice of a therapeutic critique of one's ordinary moral convictions and style of moral reasoning. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of philosophical activity. He sketches a composite picture of a Jamesian approach to ethics revolving around the key notion and practice of a therapeutic critique of one's ordinary moral convictions and style of moral reasoning.
Marchetti offers a revisionist account of James's contribution to moral thought in the light of his pragmatic conception of philosophical activity. He sketches a composite picture of a Jamesian approach to ethics revolving around the key notion and practice of a therapeutic critique of one's ordinary moral convictions and style of moral reasoning.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137541772
SKU
V9781137541772
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Ref
99-15
About Sarin Marchetti
Sarin Marchetti is Assistant Professor at Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. He has written on ethics, metaphilosophy, pragmatism, and the history of analytic philosophy.
Reviews for Ethics and Philosophical Critique in William James
“Marchetti’s book not only reminds us of pragmatism’s broader issue, but also widens pragmatism itself in putting James into pluralistic conversation with other therapeutic and transformative tendencies of recent moral philosophy.” (Colin Koopman, Philosophical Quarterly, Issue 264, July, 2016) “Marchetti's book is an intriguing representative of what can be regarded as a new wave of studies on James's moral ... Read more