Ontological Humility
Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers
1st Edition
Published on 14. February 2013
165 pages
978-1-4384-4551-9 (ISBN)
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Explores ontological humility in the history of philosophy, from Descartes to contemporary gender and race theory.
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Nancy J. Holland is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University. She is the author of Is Women's Philosophy Possible? and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought. She is also the editor of Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida and the coeditor (with Patricia Huntington) of Feminist Interpretations of Martin Heidegger.
Content
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Defining Ontological Humility
In the Beginning
Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers.
The Arrogant Eye and the World Picture
The Wizard of Infinite Resignation?
The End of it All
1. Epistemological Humility
Descartes
Hume
Kant
2. Ontological Humility in Heidegger
The Thrownness of Dasein
The Humility of Ancient Greek Philosophy
The Arrogance of Technology
3. Existential Humility and Its Other
Sartre
Beauvoir
Merleau-Ponty
4. Postmodern Humility and Its Order
Foucault
Derrida - Linguistic Humility
Derrida - Humility Unto Death
5. Feminist Humility
Epistemologies of Ignorance
Humility beyond the Divides - Race/Gender
Humility beyond the Divides - Race/Sexuality
Conclusion
Bibliography
Endnotes
Prologue: Defining Ontological Humility
In the Beginning
Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers.
The Arrogant Eye and the World Picture
The Wizard of Infinite Resignation?
The End of it All
1. Epistemological Humility
Descartes
Hume
Kant
2. Ontological Humility in Heidegger
The Thrownness of Dasein
The Humility of Ancient Greek Philosophy
The Arrogance of Technology
3. Existential Humility and Its Other
Sartre
Beauvoir
Merleau-Ponty
4. Postmodern Humility and Its Order
Foucault
Derrida - Linguistic Humility
Derrida - Humility Unto Death
5. Feminist Humility
Epistemologies of Ignorance
Humility beyond the Divides - Race/Gender
Humility beyond the Divides - Race/Sexuality
Conclusion
Bibliography
Endnotes
