208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book investigates the role and significance that examples play in shaping arguments and thought, both in philosophy and in everyday life. It addresses questions about how our moral thinking is informed by our conceptual practices, especially in ways related to the relationship between ethics and literature, post-Wittgensteinian ethics, or meta-philosophical concerns about the style of... Read more
1. Introduction: Why Examples
2. Examples and Understanding
3. The Moral Bearing of Examples
4. Examples and Learning
5. Conclusion: Thinking Through Examples?
Biography
Ondřej Beran is a researcher at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value (University of Pardubice). His recent publications include Living with Rules (2018) and From Rules to Meanings (Routledge 2018, co-edited with V. Kolman and L. Koreň).
“Beran’s book is the most detailed philosophical study of examples with which I am familiar . . . Everyone interested in the role of examples in philosophy will benefit from his lively study.” – Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA
