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A community of individuals / John Lachs.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Routledge American philosophy seriesPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: 221 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415941725
  • 0415941733 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 756 L138c 2003
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Contents:
Intellectuals and courage -- Reflections on philosophy -- Teaching as a calling -- Education in the twenty-first century -- What humans did not make -- Valuational species -- Improving life -- Transcendence in philosophy and everyday life -- The vague hope of immortality -- Both better off and better : moral progress amid continuing carnage -- The significance of purposes for bioethics -- Grand dreams of perfect people -- Researchers and their subjects as neighbors -- Dying old as a social problem -- The insignificance of individuals -- Santayana as pragmatist -- Neoplatonic elements in the spiritual life -- Peirce : inquiry as social life -- Peirce and Santayana on purposes -- Metaphysics and the social construction of human nature.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 756 L138c 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000110007

This collection of philosophical essays discusses a range of key personal and social issues relevant to professionals and academics alike.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.

Intellectuals and courage -- Reflections on philosophy -- Teaching as a calling -- Education in the twenty-first century -- What humans did not make -- Valuational species -- Improving life -- Transcendence in philosophy and everyday life -- The vague hope of immortality -- Both better off and better : moral progress amid continuing carnage -- The significance of purposes for bioethics -- Grand dreams of perfect people -- Researchers and their subjects as neighbors -- Dying old as a social problem -- The insignificance of individuals -- Santayana as pragmatist -- Neoplatonic elements in the spiritual life -- Peirce : inquiry as social life -- Peirce and Santayana on purposes -- Metaphysics and the social construction of human nature.

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