Teleological Structures in Human Life
Essays in Honor of Anselm W. Mueller
1st Edition
Published on 30. November 2022
244 pages
978-1-000-78066-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first collection of essays devoted to the thought of Anselm W. Mueller. It brings to the attention of the English-speaking world an influential and highly regarded philosopher who has made important contributions to a wide range of philosophical debates.
Arguably, Mueller's most important contributions are to the philosophy of action and virtue ethics. The contributors, who include friends, colleagues, and former students, engage with different aspects of Mueller's thought in these areas. Subjects include his interpretation of Aristotle and Wittgenstein, the teleology of thought and action, the Aristotelian distinction between poiesis and praxis and its application to ethical upbringing, and the possibility of practical knowledge and practical truth.
Teleological Structures in Human Life will be of interest to researches and advanced students working on virtue ethics, philosophy of action, and practical reasoning.
Arguably, Mueller's most important contributions are to the philosophy of action and virtue ethics. The contributors, who include friends, colleagues, and former students, engage with different aspects of Mueller's thought in these areas. Subjects include his interpretation of Aristotle and Wittgenstein, the teleology of thought and action, the Aristotelian distinction between poiesis and praxis and its application to ethical upbringing, and the possibility of practical knowledge and practical truth.
Teleological Structures in Human Life will be of interest to researches and advanced students working on virtue ethics, philosophy of action, and practical reasoning.
Reviews / Votes
"For several decades Anselm Mueller's name has been well known to those working in certain areas of practical philosophy, but very little of his output has been available in English. This excellent and welcome collection of papers discussing his contributions will help to change that situation. Mueller has much to teach us about the work of Aristotle, Aquinas, Wittgenstein and Anscombe."Jonathan Dancy, University of Texas at Austin, USA
"Anselm Mueller is one of the most perceptive, original, profound, and intellectually honest philosophers alive today. In particular, his work in ethics and on practical rationality is without peer in recent decades, and in addition constitutes an essential contribution to neo-Aristotelian thought. This volume is a very timely celebration of Mueller's philosophy, the first of its kind, with contributions by luminaries and new voices alike"
Roger Teichmann, St Hilda's College, Oxford, UK
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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978-1-000-78066-6 (9781000780666)
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Christian Kietzmann is Assistant Professor at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg. He has published on the philosophy of action, the nature or normativity, philosophical anthropology, and the philosophies of Aristotle and G.E.M. Anscombe. His book Handeln aus Gruenden als praktisches Schliessen came out in 2019.
Content
Introduction 1. Wittgenstein and Aristotle at Oxford 2. Anscombe on the Voluntary Character of Negligence 3. Practical Reasoning and Practical Truth 4. Conscience and Praxis 5. Having the Meaning of Life in View 6. Should Intro Ethics Make You a Better Person? 7. Ethical Naturalism and the Guise of the Good 8. On the Mystical Point of Virtue 9. Is Moral Education a Craft? Poiesis, Praxis, and Ethical Upbringing 10. Certainty and Possibility 11. Grounding and Support. Foundations, Coherence, and "Deep Disagreement" in Ludwig Wittgenstein Bibliography of A. W. Mueller
