this is a carefully crafted book about the nature of practical wisdom... It is surely important to have a positive and hopeful view of human nature and human potential.
The Scientific and Medical Network Review
What can we do to live life wisely? You might think that the answer would be to think and reflect more. But this is not Valerie Tiberius's answer. On her view, when we really take account of what we are like - when we recognize our psychological limits - we will see that too much thinking and reflecting is bad for us. Instead, we need to think and reflect better. This means that we need to develop wisdom: we need to care about things that will sustain us and give us good experiences, we need to have perspective on our successes and failures, and we need to be moderately self-aware and cautiously optimistic about human nature. Further, we need to know when to think about our values, character, and choices, and when not to. A crucial part of wisdom, Tiberius maintains, is knowing when to stop reflecting and get lost in the experience.
The Reflective Life also considers the issue of how to philosophize about how to live. A recent trend in moral philosophy has been toward what is sometimes called 'empirically informed ethics'. This methodology has not yet caught on in normative ethics, primarily because we cannot conclude anything about what ought to be the case from the facts about what is. Tiberius agrees that this leap should be avoided, but argues that empirical psychology can inform our philosophical theories in interesting ways.
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How can we live life wisely? Tiberius argues that we need to develop the kind of wisdom that emphasizes the importance of learning from experience. We need to care about things that sustain us and give us good experiences, have perspective on our successes and failures, and be moderately self-aware and cautiously optimistic about human nature.
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PART I: THE REFLECTIVE LIFE AND REFLECTIVE VALUES; PART II: WISDOM AND PERSPECTIVE; PART III: BEYOND THE FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW
`Review from previous edition How to live? That grand and enduring question is the focus of Valerie Tiberius's new book, which brings together two trends in ethics -- epistemic virtue theory and conscientious treatment of empirical psychology -- to offer an intriguing, ambitious, out-of-the-armchair theory of the good life.'
Remy Debes, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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A fascinating exploration of happiness and the meaning of life
Original work from a leading young philosopher
Connects to current interdisciplinary debates about happiness and the meaning of life
Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota.
A fascinating exploration of happiness and the meaning of life
Original work from a leading young philosopher
Connects to current interdisciplinary debates about happiness and the meaning of life
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199575602
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
383 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
236
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