What Philosophy Can Do
By Gary Gutting
2015
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"A brilliant demonstration of what philosophy can do and how it is essential to human integrity and identity." ―Simon Critchley, coeditor of The Stone Reader In What Philosophy Can Do, Gary Gutting takes a philosopher’s scalpel to modern life’s biggest questions and the most powerful forces in our society―politics, science, religion, education, and capitalism. Along the way, he introduces readers to powerful philosophical tools, from inductive and deductive logic to the Principle of Charity, which they can use to make better sense of current debates. Interweaving his discussion of contemporary issues with philosophical concepts from Aristotle to Michel Foucault and John Rawls, Gutting shows how philosophy can enrich public discussions about our most urgent issues.
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Gary Gutting
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Gary Gutting was an American philosopher and holder of an endowed chair in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
