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As If: Idealization and Ideals

As If: Idealization and Ideals


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Idealization is a basic feature of human thought. We proceed “as if” our representations were true, while knowing they are not. Kwame Anthony Appiah defends the centrality of the imagination in science, morality, and everyday life and shows that our best chance for accessing reality is to open our minds to a plurality of idealized depictions.

Table of Contents:
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface 1. Useful Untruths: Lessons from Hans Vaihinger 2. A Measure of Belief: Lessons from Frank Ramsey 3. Political Ideals: Lessons from John Rawls Notes Acknowledgments Index of Names

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Kwame Anthony Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... Appiah writes very clearly, and much of this original and absorbing book will be of interest to general readers... Appiah has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection on a number of topics... [A] rich and illuminating book. -- Thomas Nagel New York Review of Books Appiah is the rare public intellectual who is also a first-rate analytic philosopher, and the characteristic virtues associated with each of these identities are very much in evidence throughout the book. -- Thomas Kelly Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Following his practice of producing short, concise, well-written, thoughtful books of interest to a broad audience, Appiah again raises important questions. -- J. Gough Choice Appiah is absolutely right that the notion of idealization is both ripe and suitable for significant philosophical exploration. The subject has been central to political theory, epistemology, and philosophy of science. As If: Idealization and Ideals is the first book to explicitly combine and link all of the discussions in a very valuable--if controversial--contribution. -- Jason Stanley, Yale University


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  • ISBN-13: 9780674982178
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 240
  • ISBN-10: 0674982177
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 2018
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Idealization and Ideals


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