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The Philosophy of Practical Affairs

An Introduction
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The Philosophy of Practical Affairs: An Introduction addresses the problems of everyday life, problems that from time to time fate drops on normal twenty-first-century western individuals. Addressing both students and philosophers, Joseph Agassi considers the usefulness of the treatment of daily problems within academic philosophy, including rationalism and fundamental issues of practical wisdom, the community, and the individual's relationship to community. Unlike most philosophy-of-life literatures from pop-philosophy-especially religious homilies or wisdom literature, including the (pseudo-)cabbalist or (pseudo-)Buddhist, and their like-the book acknowledges real, disturbing situations. Warning the reader against various kinds of intellectual dishonesty, and committed to their rational autonomy, the author thinks through philosophical concepts that are in the end practical issues of philosophy of life.
Joseph Agassi is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and York University.
Part 1: Background Chapter 1: Universalism: The Siblinghood of Humanity Chapter 2: Universalism versus Particularism Chapter 3: Background to Radicalism Chapter 4: Gradualism and Pluralism Chapter 5: Magic and Science Part 2: The Revolt against Reason Chapter 6: The Problem of Rationality Chapter 7: Theories of Rationality Chapter 8: The Flotsam and Jetsam of Philosophy Chapter 9: The Romantic Idea of Reason Part 3: The New Enlightenment Chapter 10: Minimal Standards in Ethics Chapter 11: Minimal Standards in Politics Chapter 12: Minimal Standards in Science Chapter 13: Optimism as an Imperative Chapter 14: Democracy as Optimism Conclusion: Autonomous People in Free Society
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