Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 2023
1 pages
979-8-8818-8126-9 (ISBN)
Description
Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought invites us to think of societies as organizations built with moral, legal, political, and economic materials that interact in dynamic, and often simultaneous, ways. According to this view, which Carlos Pereda calls "practical holism," our practical life is constantly motivated by many different kinds of values that often conflict with one another. This book examines how practical normativity, guiding how we behave from seemingly trivial interactions to the deepest existential dilemmas, is crossed by tensions. Pereda argues that only nomadic thought-willing to transgress received conceptual distinctions or groupings-is capable of capturing those many interactions. No qualitative or quantitative typology is indisputable; leaving behind hitherto well-established pathways is not impossible. At its best, nomadic thought considers all of these as proposals worth pondering and discussing, to be approved or rejected, always in a provisional form.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-8818-8126-9 (9798881881269)
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Carlos Pereda
Practical Holism and Nomadic Thought
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09/2023
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Person
Carlos Pereda is professor emeritus at the Institute of Philosophical Investigations, National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Content
Introduction: Warnings for the Winding Road Ahead
Chapter 1: Learn to Know How to Let Go
Chapter 2: "I Am Myself Plus My Circumstance"
Chapter 3: Other Complementary Postulates
Chapter 4: Learn to Know How to Begin Anew
Chapter 1: Learn to Know How to Let Go
Chapter 2: "I Am Myself Plus My Circumstance"
Chapter 3: Other Complementary Postulates
Chapter 4: Learn to Know How to Begin Anew
