Styles of thought
Subtitle: interpretation, inquiry, and imagination
By: David Weissman.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791472613
Subjects: Interpretation (Philosophy); Inquiry (Theory of knowledge); Imagination (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Two styles of explanation; title: Interpretation; title: Inquiry; title: Different tasks; title: Perspective; title: Contrary responses : an example; title: Mixed modes; title: Applications; title: Values; title: Morals; title: Politics; title: Interpretation : self and society; title: Origin and context; title: Distortion; title: Emotion; title: Assumptions for a systematic taxonomy; title: Stories; title: Socialized interpretations; title: Eliding fact and value; title: Magic, myth, and metaphor; title: Faith and fantasy; title: Philosophic rationales; title: Tolerance; title: Inquiry : practical life and science; title: Context and objectives; title: Meaning; title: Truth; title: Animadversions; title: Scruples; title: Ideals; title: Aims; title: A choice; title: The dialectic of interpretation and inquiry; title: Ontological alternatives; title: Reconciliation; title: Imagination; title: Construction; title: Construction rules; title: Variation; title: Discipline; title: Leading principles; title: Status; title: Precedents; title: Use; title: An inventory of principles; title: Values; title: When practical life and science disagree; title: Categorial form.