| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in philosophy and psychotherapy
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SUNY series in philosophy and psychotherapy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Philosophy as Therapy. Philosophical Therapy. Therapeutic Issues. The Interpretive Project -- Ch. 2. Wittgenstein, Ethics, and Therapy. An Overview. Clarity and Silence as Goals. The Notions of Sound Human Understanding and the Human Good. Philosophy, Ethics, and Method. Ethics and Philosophy. Epistemology, Therapy, and Clarity -- Ch. 3. Confession and Dialogue. Confessional Text. Temptations and Inclinations. I, You, and We. Torment and Disturbance. Cavell on Confession -- Ch. 4. The Role Of Similes in Illness and Health. Spengler and the Importance of Simile. Optimism or Pessimism? The Significance of Simile. Conclusion -- Ch. 5. The Conflict between Philosophy and Science. Freud: Science, Myth, and Therapy. How Not to Criticize Wittgenstein: Chihara and Fodor. How Not to Defend Wittgenstein: Hunter -- Ch. 6. An Evaluation of Wittgenstein's Therapeutic Project I. The Form or Forms of Life? Agreement in Forms of Life. Agreement in Forms of Life as an Ideal of Health. Individual Versus Cultural Health. The Therapy Fully Clarified. The Question of Conservatism -- Ch. 7. An Evaluation of Wittgenstein's Therapeutic Project II. The Problem of Justifying the Therapeutic Method. Aesthetics as the Model for Therapy. Philosophy as the Handmaiden of Culture. The Question of Precedence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951. |
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Philosophy -- Therapeutic use.
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Philosophy -- Therapeutic use. |
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Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peterman, James F., 1949- Philosophy as therapy. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1992 0791409813 (DLC) 91018277 (OCoLC)23690606 |
| ISBN |
0585092478 (electronic book) |
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9780585092478 (electronic book) |
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0791409813 |
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0791409821 |
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