
Entanglements
A System of Philosophy
Crispin Sartwell(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 15. March 2017
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-1-4384-6387-2 (ISBN)
Description
Presents strikingly original and contemporary answers to the most traditional philosophical problems in epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and political theory.
A work of maximally ambitious scope with a foundation in humility, Entanglements sets out a philosophical system of the sort rarely seen over the past century. In a discipline marked by greater and greater specialization and the narrowing of increasingly insular traditions and approaches, Crispin Sartwell has spent his career engaging widely across philosophical topics and texts. Here he brings together his philosophical positions in a unified system that is coherent across the issues and subdisciplines in the field. In addition to presenting his own theories of truth, knowledge, free will, beauty, and the political state, Sartwell's criticisms of other figures and movements provide an overview of the history of philosophy. The project of presenting an overarching philosophical system is a resolutely old-fashioned one, and in undertaking it, Sartwell is not only encapsulating an extraordinarily unique and productive career but also nudging philosophy back to its broader aims of explaining the world and our place in it.
A work of maximally ambitious scope with a foundation in humility, Entanglements sets out a philosophical system of the sort rarely seen over the past century. In a discipline marked by greater and greater specialization and the narrowing of increasingly insular traditions and approaches, Crispin Sartwell has spent his career engaging widely across philosophical topics and texts. Here he brings together his philosophical positions in a unified system that is coherent across the issues and subdisciplines in the field. In addition to presenting his own theories of truth, knowledge, free will, beauty, and the political state, Sartwell's criticisms of other figures and movements provide an overview of the history of philosophy. The project of presenting an overarching philosophical system is a resolutely old-fashioned one, and in undertaking it, Sartwell is not only encapsulating an extraordinarily unique and productive career but also nudging philosophy back to its broader aims of explaining the world and our place in it.
Reviews / Votes
"One of the greatest strengths of this book is its breadth, not just in topics but in the range of ideas drawn on-it's unusual to find a scholar who can move effortlessly from J. L. Austin to Heidegger to Emerson. Original, engaging, and accessible, there's nothing else like it." - Roderick T. Long, Auburn UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-6387-2 (9781438463872)
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Person
Crispin Sartwell is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Art of Living: Aesthetics of the Ordinary in World Spiritual Traditions; Obscenity, Anarchy, Reality; End of Story: Toward an Annihilation of Language and History; Extreme Virtue: Truth and Leadership in Five Great American Lives; Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory; and How to Escape: Magic, Madness, Beauty, and Cynicism, all published by SUNY Press.
Content
I. First Philosophy: Reality, Truth, and Knowledge
Introduction: The Universe in Brief
1. Ontology
2. Theory of Truth
3. Epistemology
II. Axiology: Goodness, Beauty, and Liberty
Introduction: Values as Situations
4. Ethics
5. Aesthetics
6. Political Philosophy
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Introduction: The Universe in Brief
1. Ontology
2. Theory of Truth
3. Epistemology
II. Axiology: Goodness, Beauty, and Liberty
Introduction: Values as Situations
4. Ethics
5. Aesthetics
6. Political Philosophy
Conclusion
Notes
Index