Rodowick, David Norman,

Philosophy's artful conversation /D.N. Rodowick. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A permanent state of suspension or deferment -- How theory became history -- "Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences" -- "I will teach you differences" -- An assembling of reminders -- ". . . a complicated network of similarities, overlapping and criss-crossing" -- Gedankenwegen: on import and interpretation -- "Of which we cannot speak . . .": philosophy and the humanities -- What is (film) philosophy? -- Order out of chaos -- Idea, image, and intuition -- The world, time -- The ordinary necessity of philosophy -- "Art now exists in the condition of philosophy" -- Falling in love with the world -- Ontology and desire, or a moving response to skepticism -- Automatism and the declaration of existence in time -- Ethical practices of the ordinary -- Perfectionism as self-disobedience -- Comedy and community -- A digression on difference and interpretation -- Perfectionism's ironic transport -- An elegy for theory.



9780674736153


Theory (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern--21st century.


Electronic Books.

B842 / .P455 2015