The Nature of Philosophical Problems: Their Causes and Implications

John Kekes Proposes A New Way Of Understanding The Nature Of Philosophical Problems, And Defends A Pluralist Approach Towards Coping With Them. He Argues That The Recurrence Of Such Problems Is Not A Defect, But A Consequence Of The Richness Of Our Modes Of Understanding That Enlarges The Range Of Possibilities By Which We Might Choose To Live. From Modes Of Understanding To Philosophical Problems. Modes Of Understanding : A General Account ; Modes Of Understanding : Particular Accounts ; Conflicts And Problems ; Problems And Contexts -- Problematic Approaches. History And Genealogy ; Morality And Moralism ; Politics And Ideology ; Science And Scientism -- Toward A Pluralist Approach. Good Reasons ; The Pluralist Approach To Good Lives, Providential Order, And The Ideal State ; The Pluralist Approach To Control, Reasonable Hope, And Moral Absolutes. John Kekes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213]-236) And Index.