As if : (Record no. 128587)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 19545678 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | ARRUPE |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20181116091223.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170217s2017 mau b 001 0 eng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2017006995 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674975002 |
| Qualifying information | (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MH/DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MH |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | B823 |
| Item number | .A83 2017 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 141 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Dimensions | 19 cm |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Appiah, Anthony, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 12440 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | As if : |
| Remainder of title | idealization and ideals / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Kwame Anthony Appiah. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harvard University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 218 pages ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Useful untruths: lessons from Hans Vaihinger -- A measure of belief: lessons from Frank Ramsey -- Political ideals: lessons from John Rawls. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Idealization is a central feature of human thought. We build ideal models in the sciences, our politics is guided by pictures of impossible utopias, and our thinking about the arts and moral life is guided by images of how things might have been. In all these cases we sometimes proceed with a representation of the world that we know is not true or aim at a world we accept we cannot realize. This is the world of the "as if," which the philosopher Hans Vaihinger delineated at the turn of the century, in ways he traced back to Kant. In this book, I aim to explore idealization in aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics, as well as in the philosophy of mind, of language, of religion, and of the social and natural sciences. No one could be an expert on all of these things, but sometimes in philosophy it helps to stand back and take a broader view. On the way I hope to illuminate many issues, large and small, but there is one over-arching lesson: our best chance of understanding the world must be to have a plurality of ways of thinking about it. This book is about why we need a multitude of pictures of the world. It is a gentle jeremiad against theoretical monism.-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Idealism. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 43499 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Pluralism. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 34847 |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Monograph ( Printed materials) |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Main Collection | ARRUPE LIBRARY | ARRUPE LIBRARY | Main Collection | 16/11/2018 | B823 .A83 2017 | 46600002594 | 16/11/2018 | 16/11/2018 | Monograph ( Printed materials) |