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The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll : unexpected essays on philosophy, art, life, and death, Ben-Ami Scharfstein
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- Summary
- What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of startlingly synthesized thought. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions<U+0127> �not to mention philosophy<U+0127> �he demonstrates again and again the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences. Scharfstein begins with essays on the nature of philosophy itself, moving from an autobiographical account of the trials of being a comparativist to philosophy's function in the outside world to the fear of death in Kant and Hume. From there he explores an impressive array of art: from China and Japan to India and the West; from an essay on sadistic and masochistic body art to one on the epistemology of the deaf and the blind. He then returns to philosophy, writing on Machiavelli and political ruthlessness, then on the ineffable, and closes with a review of Walter Kaufmann's multivolume look at the essence of humanity, Discovering the Mind. Altogether, these essays are a testament to adventurous thought, the kind that leaps to the furthest reaches of the possible.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: you, me, Kant, and Carroll
- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll
- A comparatist's risks and rewards
- A handful of rules against philosophical self-isolation
- What death makes of philosophy
- Keeping the world together
- The common universe of aesthetics
- Are the deaf and blind epistemologically isolated?
- Pain, cruelty, and pathology in art
- On the transparency and opacity of philosophers
- The three philosophical traditions
- Does philosophy progress?
- Nonutopian observations on Machiavellism
- On the nature and limits of ineffability
- Ineffabilities are the demons and angels of incompleteness and incompletability
- What can and cannot words express?
- The bird with bread in its beak
- You, me, and Kaufmann's discovering the mind
- Isbn
- 9780226105758
- Label
- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll : unexpected essays on philosophy, art, life, and death
- Title
- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll
- Title remainder
- unexpected essays on philosophy, art, life, and death
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben-Ami Scharfstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of startlingly synthesized thought. Combining a deep knowledge of psychology, cultural anthropology, art history, and the history of religions<U+0127> �not to mention philosophy<U+0127> �he demonstrates again and again the unpredictability of writing and thought and how they can teach us about our experiences. Scharfstein begins with essays on the nature of philosophy itself, moving from an autobiographical account of the trials of being a comparativist to philosophy's function in the outside world to the fear of death in Kant and Hume. From there he explores an impressive array of art: from China and Japan to India and the West; from an essay on sadistic and masochistic body art to one on the epistemology of the deaf and the blind. He then returns to philosophy, writing on Machiavelli and political ruthlessness, then on the ineffable, and closes with a review of Walter Kaufmann's multivolume look at the essence of humanity, Discovering the Mind. Altogether, these essays are a testament to adventurous thought, the kind that leaps to the furthest reaches of the possible.--
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- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1919-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scharfstein, Ben-Ami
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kant, Immanuel
- Carroll, Lewis
- Philosophy, Comparative
- Art, Comparative
- Machiavellianism (Psychology)
- Label
- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll : unexpected essays on philosophy, art, life, and death, Ben-Ami Scharfstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: you, me, Kant, and Carroll -- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll -- A comparatist's risks and rewards -- A handful of rules against philosophical self-isolation -- What death makes of philosophy -- Keeping the world together -- The common universe of aesthetics -- Are the deaf and blind epistemologically isolated? -- Pain, cruelty, and pathology in art -- On the transparency and opacity of philosophers -- The three philosophical traditions -- Does philosophy progress? -- Nonutopian observations on Machiavellism -- On the nature and limits of ineffability -- Ineffabilities are the demons and angels of incompleteness and incompletability -- What can and cannot words express? -- The bird with bread in its beak -- You, me, and Kaufmann's discovering the mind
- Control code
- FIEb17551225
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226105758
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859446801
- Label
- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll : unexpected essays on philosophy, art, life, and death, Ben-Ami Scharfstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: you, me, Kant, and Carroll -- The nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll -- A comparatist's risks and rewards -- A handful of rules against philosophical self-isolation -- What death makes of philosophy -- Keeping the world together -- The common universe of aesthetics -- Are the deaf and blind epistemologically isolated? -- Pain, cruelty, and pathology in art -- On the transparency and opacity of philosophers -- The three philosophical traditions -- Does philosophy progress? -- Nonutopian observations on Machiavellism -- On the nature and limits of ineffability -- Ineffabilities are the demons and angels of incompleteness and incompletability -- What can and cannot words express? -- The bird with bread in its beak -- You, me, and Kaufmann's discovering the mind
- Control code
- FIEb17551225
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226105758
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859446801
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