Wisdom: a humanistic conception
"This book develops and defends a humanistic conception of wisdom as a personal attitude that guides how we evaluate the possibilities and limits of life in the context in which we live. The attitude is formed of our beliefs, emotions, desires, evaluations, and experiences that make our inner l...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2020]
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Zusammenfassung: | "This book develops and defends a humanistic conception of wisdom as a personal attitude that guides how we evaluate the possibilities and limits of life in the context in which we live. The attitude is formed of our beliefs, emotions, desires, evaluations, and experiences that make our inner life what it is. It is a personal, pluralistic, and fallible. Its components differ from person to person and each may be mistaken. It is a wise attitude if it is based on a critical enough understanding of the reasons for and against its components; if its basic factual and evaluative assumptions are realistic; and if it involves a sufficiently reflective and deep enough understanding of the prevailing conditions, personal and social problems and possibilities; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evaluative resources. We all have some attitude of how we should live, but it is difficult to have a wise attitude. That is why wisdom is at once rare and precious because the sense we can make of our life depends on it. This conception of wisdom is personal, pluralistic, and fallible. It is a radical departure from traditional conceptions of wisdom understood as knowledge of the ideal of The Good that holds for everyone, always, everywhere. It is a conception that is personal, not theoretical; anthropocentric, not metaphysical; context-dependent, not universal; and humanistic, not scientific. The conception that emerges from this book is intended as a contribution to philosophy as a humanistic discipline." |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 276 Seiten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780197514047 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV046837307 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20200910 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 200804s2020 b||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780197514047 |c (hbk.) |9 978-0-19-751404-7 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1197701839 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV046837307 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Kekes, John |d 1936- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)172182336 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Wisdom |b a humanistic conception |c John Kekes |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY |b Oxford University Press |c [2020] | |
| 300 | |a xii, 276 Seiten |c 22 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a "This book develops and defends a humanistic conception of wisdom as a personal attitude that guides how we evaluate the possibilities and limits of life in the context in which we live. The attitude is formed of our beliefs, emotions, desires, evaluations, and experiences that make our inner life what it is. It is a personal, pluralistic, and fallible. Its components differ from person to person and each may be mistaken. It is a wise attitude if it is based on a critical enough understanding of the reasons for and against its components; if its basic factual and evaluative assumptions are realistic; and if it involves a sufficiently reflective and deep enough understanding of the prevailing conditions, personal and social problems and possibilities; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evaluative resources. We all have some attitude of how we should live, but it is difficult to have a wise attitude. That is why wisdom is at once rare and precious because the sense we can make of our life depends on it. This conception of wisdom is personal, pluralistic, and fallible. It is a radical departure from traditional conceptions of wisdom understood as knowledge of the ideal of The Good that holds for everyone, always, everywhere. It is a conception that is personal, not theoretical; anthropocentric, not metaphysical; context-dependent, not universal; and humanistic, not scientific. The conception that emerges from this book is intended as a contribution to philosophy as a humanistic discipline." | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Weisheit |0 (DE-588)4065203-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Humanität |0 (DE-588)4026147-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Lebensführung |0 (DE-588)4034864-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 653 | 0 | |a Conduct of life | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Wisdom | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Conduct of life | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Wisdom | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Weisheit |0 (DE-588)4065203-8 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Humanität |0 (DE-588)4026147-5 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Lebensführung |0 (DE-588)4034864-7 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 3 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-19-751406-1 |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032246354&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032246354 | |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1809222198336946176 |
|---|---|
| adam_text |
Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Human Wisdom: Initial Conception First Approximation A Comparison Two Personal Attitudes Our Personal Attitude and Its Inscape The Evaluative Framework The Dispute 9 9 12 15 19 26 31 2. Approaches to Wisdom Classical Approaches Epistemological Approaches Psychological Approaches Moral Approaches Conclusion 36 36 43 47 53 62 3. Two Assumptions The Good? The Plurality of Goods Uncertainties A Step Toward an Answer Basic Motivation Ambivalence Interim Conclusion 64 66 73 77 80 83 87 91 4. Perennial Problems Three Perennial Problems Imagined Worlds The Problem of External Goods TheProblemof Internal Conflicts The Problem of Evaluative Contingencies Can Human Wisdom Help? 93 93 96 99 104 111 118
viii CONTENTS 5. Wisdom: The Emerging Conception The Problem and the Approach Toward Considered Judgments The Instability of Considered Judgments Our Evaluative Framework and Wisdom The Test of Time Primary and Conventional Evaluations The Need for Wisdom 119 119 122 126 131 137 139 144 6. Basic Assumptions Preliminaries What Are the Basic Assumptions? Changes Wisdom, Continuity, and Change Two Points of View The Task of Wisdom Taking Stock 148 148 151 159 162 166 169 172 7. Reflective Understanding A Misunderstanding Three Modes of Understanding The Object ofReflective Understanding Non-Cognitive Elements The Ubiquity of Conflicts External Reasons Reflective Understanding and Wisdom 176 176 179 183 186 191 197 202 8. Depth The Need for Depth Commitments Commitments and Depth Responsibility Shame Depth and Wisdom 203 203 208 211 216 222 225 9. Wisdom: The Concluding Conception Overview Basic Assumptions Reflective Understanding Depth A Modest Conception of Wisdom 230 230 232 234 237 243
CONTENTS IX Last Words Living with Perennial Problems The Makropulos Case Perennial Problems as Cathartic Nietzsche’s Test The Examined Life Transfiguration of the Commonplace Envoi 247 247 251 253 255 257 261 264 References Index 267 275 |
| adam_txt |
Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Human Wisdom: Initial Conception First Approximation A Comparison Two Personal Attitudes Our Personal Attitude and Its Inscape The Evaluative Framework The Dispute 9 9 12 15 19 26 31 2. Approaches to Wisdom Classical Approaches Epistemological Approaches Psychological Approaches Moral Approaches Conclusion 36 36 43 47 53 62 3. Two Assumptions The Good? The Plurality of Goods Uncertainties A Step Toward an Answer Basic Motivation Ambivalence Interim Conclusion 64 66 73 77 80 83 87 91 4. Perennial Problems Three Perennial Problems Imagined Worlds The Problem of External Goods TheProblemof Internal Conflicts The Problem of Evaluative Contingencies Can Human Wisdom Help? 93 93 96 99 104 111 118
viii CONTENTS 5. Wisdom: The Emerging Conception The Problem and the Approach Toward Considered Judgments The Instability of Considered Judgments Our Evaluative Framework and Wisdom The Test of Time Primary and Conventional Evaluations The Need for Wisdom 119 119 122 126 131 137 139 144 6. Basic Assumptions Preliminaries What Are the Basic Assumptions? Changes Wisdom, Continuity, and Change Two Points of View The Task of Wisdom Taking Stock 148 148 151 159 162 166 169 172 7. Reflective Understanding A Misunderstanding Three Modes of Understanding The Object ofReflective Understanding Non-Cognitive Elements The Ubiquity of Conflicts External Reasons Reflective Understanding and Wisdom 176 176 179 183 186 191 197 202 8. Depth The Need for Depth Commitments Commitments and Depth Responsibility Shame Depth and Wisdom 203 203 208 211 216 222 225 9. Wisdom: The Concluding Conception Overview Basic Assumptions Reflective Understanding Depth A Modest Conception of Wisdom 230 230 232 234 237 243
CONTENTS IX Last Words Living with Perennial Problems The Makropulos Case Perennial Problems as Cathartic Nietzsche’s Test The Examined Life Transfiguration of the Commonplace Envoi 247 247 251 253 255 257 261 264 References Index 267 275 |
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| any_adam_object_boolean | 1 |
| author | Kekes, John 1936- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)172182336 |
| author_facet | Kekes, John 1936- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Kekes, John 1936- |
| author_variant | j k jk |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV046837307 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1197701839 (DE-599)BVBBV046837307 |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a2200000 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV046837307</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20200910</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">200804s2020 b||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780197514047</subfield><subfield code="c">(hbk.)</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-19-751404-7</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1197701839</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV046837307</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kekes, John</subfield><subfield code="d">1936-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)172182336</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Wisdom</subfield><subfield code="b">a humanistic conception</subfield><subfield code="c">John Kekes</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York, NY</subfield><subfield code="b">Oxford University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2020]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xii, 276 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="c">22 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"This book develops and defends a humanistic conception of wisdom as a personal attitude that guides how we evaluate the possibilities and limits of life in the context in which we live. The attitude is formed of our beliefs, emotions, desires, evaluations, and experiences that make our inner life what it is. It is a personal, pluralistic, and fallible. Its components differ from person to person and each may be mistaken. It is a wise attitude if it is based on a critical enough understanding of the reasons for and against its components; if its basic factual and evaluative assumptions are realistic; and if it involves a sufficiently reflective and deep enough understanding of the prevailing conditions, personal and social problems and possibilities; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evaluative resources. We all have some attitude of how we should live, but it is difficult to have a wise attitude. That is why wisdom is at once rare and precious because the sense we can make of our life depends on it. This conception of wisdom is personal, pluralistic, and fallible. It is a radical departure from traditional conceptions of wisdom understood as knowledge of the ideal of The Good that holds for everyone, always, everywhere. It is a conception that is personal, not theoretical; anthropocentric, not metaphysical; context-dependent, not universal; and humanistic, not scientific. The conception that emerges from this book is intended as a contribution to philosophy as a humanistic discipline."</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Weisheit</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4065203-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Humanität</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4026147-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Lebensführung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4034864-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Conduct of life</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Wisdom</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Conduct of life</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Wisdom</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Weisheit</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4065203-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Humanität</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4026147-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Lebensführung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4034864-7</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-19-751406-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032246354&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032246354</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV046837307 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T15:07:01Z |
| indexdate | 2024-09-04T00:12:23Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780197514047 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032246354 |
| oclc_num | 1197701839 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 |
| physical | xii, 276 Seiten 22 cm |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateSearch | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| publisher | Oxford University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Kekes, John 1936- Verfasser (DE-588)172182336 aut Wisdom a humanistic conception John Kekes New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020] xii, 276 Seiten 22 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This book develops and defends a humanistic conception of wisdom as a personal attitude that guides how we evaluate the possibilities and limits of life in the context in which we live. The attitude is formed of our beliefs, emotions, desires, evaluations, and experiences that make our inner life what it is. It is a personal, pluralistic, and fallible. Its components differ from person to person and each may be mistaken. It is a wise attitude if it is based on a critical enough understanding of the reasons for and against its components; if its basic factual and evaluative assumptions are realistic; and if it involves a sufficiently reflective and deep enough understanding of the prevailing conditions, personal and social problems and possibilities; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the available evaluative resources. We all have some attitude of how we should live, but it is difficult to have a wise attitude. That is why wisdom is at once rare and precious because the sense we can make of our life depends on it. This conception of wisdom is personal, pluralistic, and fallible. It is a radical departure from traditional conceptions of wisdom understood as knowledge of the ideal of The Good that holds for everyone, always, everywhere. It is a conception that is personal, not theoretical; anthropocentric, not metaphysical; context-dependent, not universal; and humanistic, not scientific. The conception that emerges from this book is intended as a contribution to philosophy as a humanistic discipline." Weisheit (DE-588)4065203-8 gnd rswk-swf Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd rswk-swf Humanität (DE-588)4026147-5 gnd rswk-swf Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7 gnd rswk-swf Conduct of life Wisdom Weisheit (DE-588)4065203-8 s Humanität (DE-588)4026147-5 s Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7 s Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-19-751406-1 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032246354&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Kekes, John 1936- Wisdom a humanistic conception Weisheit (DE-588)4065203-8 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Humanität (DE-588)4026147-5 gnd Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4065203-8 (DE-588)4045791-6 (DE-588)4026147-5 (DE-588)4034864-7 |
| title | Wisdom a humanistic conception |
| title_auth | Wisdom a humanistic conception |
| title_exact_search | Wisdom a humanistic conception |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Wisdom a humanistic conception |
| title_full | Wisdom a humanistic conception John Kekes |
| title_fullStr | Wisdom a humanistic conception John Kekes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wisdom a humanistic conception John Kekes |
| title_short | Wisdom |
| title_sort | wisdom a humanistic conception |
| title_sub | a humanistic conception |
| topic | Weisheit (DE-588)4065203-8 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Humanität (DE-588)4026147-5 gnd Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7 gnd |
| topic_facet | Weisheit Philosophie Humanität Lebensführung |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032246354&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kekesjohn wisdomahumanisticconception |