TAKING PHILOSOPHY SERIOUSLY: PERFECTIONISM VERSUS MELIORISM. Part 1

ПРИНИМАЯ ФИЛОСОФИЮ ВСЕРЬЁЗ: ПЕРФЕКЦИОНИЗМ VERSUS МЕЛИОРИЗМ. Часть 1

Amir, Lydia (Амир, Лидия) ()
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Amir, Lydia (Амир, Лидия): Tufts University

Sotsium i vlast / Society and power, 2017, 106-111

Abstract: The article gives an idea about new kind of attitude towards philosophy which lets consider it not only as an educational subject but as a form of spiritual practice outside university. The author analyzes the three interconnected purposes of philosophy: aiming at the truth; getting rid of illusions, superstitions and intellectual egocentrism; aiming at wisdom. To make these purposes clear the author refers to two philosophic traditions: perfectionism («radical» philosophy) and meliorism ( «moderate» philosophy). Both traditions are still alive in academic philosophy and are used in many forms of philosophic counseling. Both traditions are well-grounded and important, however, ignorance of their differences results in strained relations among philosophers-counselors and between philosophers-counselors and scholars.

Keywords: philosophy; philosophic practice; philosophic counseling; perfectionism; meliorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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