As If: Idealization and Ideals by Kwame Anthony Appiah

As If: Idealization and Ideals

Kwame Anthony Appiah

240 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Idealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models in our scientific research and utopias in our political imaginations. Concepts like belief, desire, reason, and justice are bound up with idealizations and ideals. ...

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