Carlo Cellucci

A Philosophy for the Future

Escaping from Irrelevance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an alternative to the present prevailing approach to philosophy. For, there have never been so many professional philosophers as there are today, yet philosophy has never been so irrelevant. This is because according to today s dominant philosophy, namely analytic philosophy, philosophy does not advance knowledge, but only aims to understand what we already know. As a result, philosophy deals with artifactual puzzles of no abiding significance. This contrasts with the fact that, at some stages of its historical development, philosophy has played a significant role in the advancement of knowledge. To overcome the present impasse of philosophy, this book proposes a view of philosophy as acquisition of knowledge, according to which philosophy can open new ways to knowledge and lead to the birth of new sciences.

Produktdetails

• Synthese Library 508
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-98442-6
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9783031984426
• ISBN-10: 3031984420
• Artikelnr.: 74340821

Autorenporträt

Carlo Cellucci is emeritus professor of logic at Sapienza University of Rome. He is the author of seven books: Teoria della dimostrazione (Boringhieri, 1978); Le ragioni della logica (Laterza, 1998); Filosofia e matematica (Laterza, 2003); Perché ancora la filosofia (Laterza, 2008); Rethinking Logic: Logic in Relation to Mathematics, Evolution, and Method (Springer, 2013); Breve storia della logica: Dall'Umanesimo al primo Rinascimento (with Mirella Capozzi, Lulu Press, 2014); Rethinking Knowledge: The Heuristic View (Springer, 2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- Part I: The Ways of Philosophy.- 2 Philosophy at a Crossroads.- 3 Philosophy and Understanding.- 4 Philosophy as Acquisition of Knowledge.- 5 Against Philosophy as Acquisition of Knowledge.- 6 Methods of Philosophy.- 7 Utility of Philosophy.- 8 Progress in Philosophy.- 9 Other Philosophies Aimed at Knowledge.- Part II: The Ways of Knowledge.- 10 The Nature of Knowledge.- 11 Knowledge and Reality.- 12 Knowledge and Objectivity.- 13 Knowledge and Mind.- 14 Knowledge and Rationality.- 15 Knowledge and Method.- 16 Knowledge and Inference.- 17 Knowledge and Logic.- 18 Knowledge and Problem Solving.- 19 Knowledge and Perception.- 20 Knowledge and Explanation.- 21 Knowledge and Emotions.- 22 Knowledge and Naturalization.- Part III: Conclusion.- 23 Concluding Remarks.- Index.