What Philosophy Is

Foreword (Simon Blackburn)......Page 2
Introduction to the Volume......Page 8
PART I: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 11
Political Philosophy Introduction......Page 12
Philosophy as Politics: Some Guesses as to the Future of Political Philosophy (Matt Matravers)......Page 15
Philosophy as Logo: The Thought of Branding and the Branding of Thought (Julie Kuhlken)......Page 28
PART II: PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE......Page 39
Philosophy and Science Introduction......Page 40
Philosophy as Biology: Evolutionary Explanations in Philosophy (Bence Nanay)......Page 43
Philosophy as Intensive Science (Manuel DeLanda)......Page 54
Philosophy as Dynamic Reason: The Idea of Scientific Philosophy (Michael Friedman)......Page 76
PART III: PHILOSOPHIZING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES......Page 100
Philosophizing from Different Places Introduction......Page 101
Philosophy as if Place Mattered: The Situation of African Philosophy (Bruce Janz)......Page 105
Philosophy as a Problem in Latin America (Juan Cristobal Cruz Revueltas)......Page 118
PART IV: PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD......Page 128
Philosophical Method Introduction......Page 129
Philosophy as Bricolage (Ed Brandon)......Page 132
Philosophy as Judgment (Julian Baggini)......Page 141
Philosophy as Nomadism (Simon Glendinning)......Page 155
Philosophy as an "As" (Eran Dorfman)......Page 168
PART V: PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE......Page 178
Philosophy and Literature Introduction......Page 179
Philosophy as Poetry: The Intricate Evasions of As (Simon Critchley)......Page 183
Philosophy as Sideshowing: The Philosophical, the Literary, and the Fantastic (Evgenia V. Cherkasova)......Page 198
PART VI: THERAPEUTIC PHILOSOPHY......Page 207
Therapeutic Philosophy Introduction......Page 208
Philosophy as Therapy (David J. Rosner)......Page 210
Philosophy as Listening: The Lessons of Psychoanalysis (Havi Carel)......Page 222
PART VII: PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 233
Professional Philosophy Introduction......Page 234
Philosophy as Profession (Patricia Sayre)......Page 236
Philosophy as Deep and Shallow Wisdom (David Gamez)......Page 250
EPILOGUE: THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHY......Page 263
Epilogue Introduction......Page 264
Philosophy as Saying the Unsayable (Hilary Lawson)......Page 267
Glossary......Page 285
Part I......Page 294
Part II......Page 297
Part III......Page 303
Part IV......Page 306
Part V......Page 309
Part VI......Page 312
Part VII......Page 314
Epilogue......Page 315
Index......Page 316