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Boethius and Hume on the practical powers of philosophy: from self-control to self-fashioning
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] The recent Covid-19 pandemic has offered philosophers new circumstances in which to practice their craft. First of all, experiencing situations in the first person means that the actual experience replaces the mental experience of the armchair philosopher. Challenging our intuitions becomes more effective. Speaking only from the point of view of the History of Ethics, it is possible to make a list of problems made more relevant and more personal by the pandemic without much effort.[...] |
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| Autores principais: | Abranches, Alexandra Maria Lafaia Machado |
| Assunto: | Humanidades::Filosofia, Ética e Religião Educação de qualidade |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | [Excerpt] The recent Covid-19 pandemic has offered philosophers new circumstances in which to practice their craft. First of all, experiencing situations in the first person means that the actual experience replaces the mental experience of the armchair philosopher. Challenging our intuitions becomes more effective. Speaking only from the point of view of the History of Ethics, it is possible to make a list of problems made more relevant and more personal by the pandemic without much effort.[...] |
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