The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of PraxisSUNY Press, 1. sij 1990. - Broj stranica: 318 Allan (philosophy, Dickinson College, and author of The importances of the past) is concerned with the nature of social value: how values emerge and how they manage to gain the authority they have over the beliefs and practices of generation after generation of people. In this work he focuses on human effort, concrete action, realization of the future through creative activities--as beginning points for the search for a foundation to values. Paper edition (unseen by Book News), $18.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Sadržaj
The Nature of Praxis | 1 |
The Moment of Desire | 35 |
The Disciplining of Desire | 69 |
The Creating of Self | 107 |
The Completing of Self | 143 |
The Developing of History | 181 |
The Perfecting of History | 225 |
The Destiny of Praxis | 259 |
Coda | 297 |
Abbreviations | 299 |
Notes | 301 |
Works Cited | 309 |
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accomplishment achieve actions activity actual argues Aristotle attain become beliefs book of Daniel calls categorical imperative character choices city of God claim concrete create creative culture deeds desire Dewey emerge enduring epoch Errol Harris essence essential ethical experience expression facticity freedom fulfillment function given goal happiness hedonism hedonistic Hegel human nature ideal individual insofar interpretation Jean-Paul Sartre Joachim of Fiore Johannes Judge William judgment Kant kingdom of ends live Loomer means ment merely metanarratives moral nations nonetheless normative object ontological outcome passion past perfection perish persons Philosophy possible practices praxis present principle Puritans purposes reality realized reason relevance response result Richard Hakluyt Royce Sartre says seek selfhood sense situation social society specific story strategy striving structure temporal things tion Toynbee tradition transforming truth unity universal Whitehead whole
Reference za ovu knjigu
Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon George Allan Ograničeni pregled - 2004 |
Whitehead's Philosophy: Points of Connection Janusz A. Polanowski,Donald W. Sherburne Ograničeni pregled - 2004 |