As this collection of essays demonstrates, over a long career Edward Goodwin Ballard has written on a wide range of topics of philosophical interest. Although the present volume can be enjoy ably browsed, it is not simply a sampling of his writings. Rather, herein Professor Ballard has chosen and organized essays which pertain to the major concerns of his philosophic life. He has long held that the function of philosophy, particularly in a time such as ours, is the discernment and analysis of basic principles (archai) and their consequences. Indeed, in Philosophy at the Crossroads. he recommended focusing upon the history of philosophy understood as the movement of recognizing and interpreting the shifts in first principles as they reflect and determine human change. For Ballard, the study of the history of philosophy, like philosophy itself, is not so much a body of knowledge as an exercise (an art) whiQh moves the practitioner towards social and individual maturity. He holds, along with Plato and Husserl, that philosophy is a process of conversion to the love of wisdom as well as a grasp of the means for its attainment. Throughout his writings, Ballard has maintained that the difficulties of this journey have to do with the limitations of the pilgrim. Human being is perspectival, finite, and inevitably ignorant. Philosophic command and self -recognition reside in the just assessment of the limits of human knowledge.
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Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9789401075664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190828381
Product Key Features
Author
E.G. Ballard
Publication Name
Philosophy and the Liberal Arts
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Coaching & Career Guidance, Teaching
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
342 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
2
Item Weight
557g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
E.G. Ballard
Series Title
Contributions to Phenomenology
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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