Philosophy and Vision /
Gordon, Dane R.,
Philosophy and Vision / Dane R. Gordon. - 1 online resource. - Value Inquiry Book Series ; 71 . - Value Inquiry Book Series ; 71. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philosophy and Vision argues that clear thinking and imaginative understanding are necessary qualities as we try to deal with the problems that confront us in our daily life. The book discusses history, the environment, religion, personal and corporate morality, freedom, the concept of person, poetry, and post-modernism attempts to show that as a philosophic vision is brought to bear on all of these, we will grasp them more completely and more constructively. The issues which challenge most of us seldom have straightforward answers, but they require some answers, some response other than failing out of our emotions. Attempting to see these philosophically, to adopt a philosophic vision, is no panacea, but it may make the difference between being overwhelmed and being able to cope. The book has a crisp enjoyable style, and while it is a philosophical work it draws upon movies, fiction, poetry, and life's experiences in developing its arguments.
9789004495180 9789042006010
10.1163/9789004495180 DOI
Ethics.
Philosophy.
Social values.
B791
170
Philosophy and Vision / Dane R. Gordon. - 1 online resource. - Value Inquiry Book Series ; 71 . - Value Inquiry Book Series ; 71. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philosophy and Vision argues that clear thinking and imaginative understanding are necessary qualities as we try to deal with the problems that confront us in our daily life. The book discusses history, the environment, religion, personal and corporate morality, freedom, the concept of person, poetry, and post-modernism attempts to show that as a philosophic vision is brought to bear on all of these, we will grasp them more completely and more constructively. The issues which challenge most of us seldom have straightforward answers, but they require some answers, some response other than failing out of our emotions. Attempting to see these philosophically, to adopt a philosophic vision, is no panacea, but it may make the difference between being overwhelmed and being able to cope. The book has a crisp enjoyable style, and while it is a philosophical work it draws upon movies, fiction, poetry, and life's experiences in developing its arguments.
9789004495180 9789042006010
10.1163/9789004495180 DOI
Ethics.
Philosophy.
Social values.
B791
170