Why Philosophy?

Why Philosophy?Do we really need philosophy? The present collection of jargon free essays aims at answering the question of why philosophy matters. Each essay considers the central question (Why Philosophy?) from different angles: the unavoidability of doing philosophy, the practical consequences of philosophy, philosophy as a therapy for the whole person, the benefits of philosophy for improving public policy, etc.

It is rare to be able to hear the voice of such a man responding so directly to novelty

which protests against stable categories and fixed divisions

It reprints

They are primarily concerned with the metaphysics of persons and the criteria of personal identity

Comprehensive and deeply researched

West Indian identity comes to take on different meanings within different locations in the United States

advocates of the open shop in the Progressive Era argued that honest workers should have the right to choose whether or not to join a union free from all pressure

and complements the existiting study on later Greek and the impact of Atticism in the history of the Greek language

Reports of wholesale corruption

Darüber hinaus werden weitere Funktionen der Archiereis und ihre Bedeutung im Repräsentationsverhalten untersucht

It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises

kultur- und medienhistorische Kontexte ebenso wie auf literatur- und kunsthistorische Perspektiven immer wieder neu