As If: Idealization and Ideals

by Kwame Anthony Appiah

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"Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection... A rich and illuminating book."
--Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books

Idealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we encounter. Our beliefs, desires,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674237714

ISBN13:9780674237711

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 4.0" x 6.9"

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