Overview
- Extends analysis of the basic problems of factoring philosophy beyond the discipline itself into public life
- Attempts to diagnose the ills of philosophy and social theory and provide a plan for conceptual healing
- Synthesizes thought from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, and more
Part of the book series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose (POPHPUPU)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book considers diverse philosophical topics unified by the identification of false moves commonly found in modern philosophy, mainstream Anglo-American philosophy, and social theory. The authors expose the sources of fundamental problems that recur in philosophy—basic problems with what the authors call "factoring philosophy." Factoring philosophy fails to attend to the phenomenological task of determining when what is distinguishable is separable and when not. Consequently, factoring philosophy makes phenomenological mistakes—false moves—when it treats as separable what is only distinguishable. Analytic philosophy is prone to false moves when it fails to recognize that phenomenology is the necessary complement to analysis. There is nothing wrong with analysis—we might as well give up thinking as give up analysis—and nothing is wrong with the values prized by analytic philosophy. As Hegel observed, “philosophizing requires, above all, that each thought should be grasped in its full precision and that nothing should remain vague and indeterminate.” Ultimately, this book contends that false moves prevail in philosophical analysis and social theory when they neglect their phenomenological foundations.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Patrick Murray is John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities, Creighton University, USA.
Jeanne Schuler is Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: False Moves in Philosophy and Social Theory
Book Subtitle: Losing Public Purpose
Authors: Patrick Murray, Jeanne Schuler
Series Title: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35028-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35027-6Published: 13 September 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-35030-6Due: 14 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-35028-3Published: 12 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-714X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7158
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 406
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science, Political Philosophy, Social Theory, Analytic Philosophy, Political Philosophy