Extreme Philosophy

Philosophy's value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers twenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or 'mad' ideas.

Autorentext

Stephen Hetherington is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and former Editor-in-Chief of Australasian Journal of Philosophy. His recent books include What Is Epistemology? (Polity, 2019) and Defining Knowledge (Cambridge UP, 2022).

Inhalt

1. Extreme Philosophy: Some Exploratory Words

Stephen Hetherington

2. Monism and the Ontology of Logic

Samuel Z. Elgin

3. From Plotinus to Rorty: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Shamik Dasgupta

4. Spatiotemporal Projectivism

Kristie Miller

5. Nonsense + Unintelligibility = How to Understand Vagueness

Nicholas J.J. Smith

6. Science Is Irrational and a Good Thing, Too

Michael Strevens

7. Knowing as Merely Being Correct

Stephen Hetherington

8. Is Philosophy Possible?

Neil Levy

9. Mind Unlimited?

Andy Clark

10. Disembodied Souls Are People, Too

Michael Huemer

11. Repetition and Value in an Infinite Universe

Eric Schwitzgebel

12. The Fatalist Is the Most Extreme Extremist

Roy A. Sorensen

13. A Defence of Extremism

David Coady

14. The (Ir)Rationality of Propaganda

Catarina Dutilh Novaes

15. Is Inclusion Good?

Holly Lawford-Smith

16. Corruption Empowers: Political Leadership and Moral Degeneracy

Crispin Sartwell

17. Power Inversion Democracy

Alexander Guerrero

18. Evading and Aiding: The Moral Case Against Paying Taxes

Jason Brennan, Jessica Flanigan, and Christopher Freiman

19. Suicide, Organ Donation, and Meaning in Life: Some Disturbing Reflections

Saul Smilansky