Review of Maxwell, N. (2014) Global philosophy: Whatphilosophy ought to be?

Authors

  • Nader N. Chokr University of Oslo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2016.27930

Keywords:

Filosofia da educação, filosofia da ciência, sabedoria, revoluçãoda pesquisa acadêmica, problemas globais

Abstract

Resenha de / Review of Maxwell, N. (2014) Global philosophy: Whatphilosophy ought to be? Exeter, UK: Imprint­Academic, Societas – Essays in Political & CulturalCriticism. (Pb, pp.192. ISBN 9781845407674)
Este texto trata de uma resenhado livro de Nicholas Maxwell (2014),Global philosophy: What philosophyought to be? Exeter, UK: Imprint­Academic, Societas – Essays in Political& Cultural Criticism. Neste livro,Nicholas Maxwell rediscute a maior partedas ideias, argumentos e positções que eletem defendido com muito esforço nosúltimos 40 anos. Neste programa,podemos ler sobre suas concepções de oque a filosofia devia ser, sobre a naturezada ciência e seu progresso, como melhortratar do emprirismo e da racionalidade,sua visão sobre a história e a filosofia daciência, sobre a filosofia e a história dafilosofia, e a natureza da pesquisa(acadêmica), entre outras.

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Author Biography

Nader N. Chokr, University of Oslo

Nader N. Chokr is a Professor of Philosophy & Social Sciences, who has taught and lectured for over 30 years at various institutions around the world – in the US, Europe, Africa, and more recently in Asia (China). His most recent books include: Unlearning, or how not to be governed? (2009) and ‘Philosophy’- After the end of philosophy: In a globalizing and glocalizing world (2014). He currently resides in Oslo, Norway, where he has been working on a project titled Untimely Fragments & Aphorisms for the New Millennium.

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Revista Aufklärung. v. 3, n. 1 (2016), Janeiro-Junho

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2016-04-21

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Chokr, N. N. (2016). Review of Maxwell, N. (2014) Global philosophy: Whatphilosophy ought to be?. Aufklärung, 3(1), p.175–186. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.2016.27930

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016): Revista Aufklärung. v. 3, n. 1 (2016), Janeiro-Junho

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