Changing the subject : philosophy from Socrates to Adorno / Raymond Geuss

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Geuss, Raymond

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2017Description: xxiii, 334p. ; 22cmISBN:

9780674545724

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DDC classification:

100 GEU 22

Summary: For Raymond Geuss, philosophers' attempts to bypass normal ways of thinking-to point out that the question being asked is itself misguided-represents philosophy at its best. By provoking people to think differently, philosophers make clear that we are not fated to live within the stifling systems of thought we inherit. We can change the subject.

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For Raymond Geuss, philosophers' attempts to bypass normal ways of thinking-to point out that the question being asked is itself misguided-represents philosophy at its best. By provoking people to think differently, philosophers make clear that we are not fated to live within the stifling systems of thought we inherit. We can change the subject.

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