Philosophy in Play Three Dialogues |
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| Author:
| Bencivenga, Ermanno |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87220-238-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $66.00 |
Book Description:
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Translated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Bencivenga endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice- its constant superseding of its own results, its open-endedness, its paradoxical turning of a position into its opposite- as he explores issues ranging from feminism to metaphysics, from the philosophy of science to aesthetics, as well as the intrinsically dialogic nature of...
More DescriptionTranslated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Bencivenga endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice- its constant superseding of its own results, its open-endedness, its paradoxical turning of a position into its opposite- as he explores issues ranging from feminism to metaphysics, from the philosophy of science to aesthetics, as well as the intrinsically dialogic nature of philosophical activity itself.