Practical Judgments

by Kingwell, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780802038012
• ISBN10: 0802038018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-31
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

This collection of essays and reviews reveals the sources and developments of popular Toronto philosopher and cultural theorist Mark Kingwell's thought and examines the nature and limits of intellectual engagement.

Author Biography

Mark Kingwell (PhD Yale 1991) is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto. He is the author of five previous books and has been awarded many prizes for his writings.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Representations of the Intellectual in Everyday Life	p. 3
Foundations
The Plain Truth about Common Sense: Scepticism, Metaphysics, and Irony	p. 35
Husserl's Sense of Wonder	p. 63
Phronesis and Political Dialogue	p. 95
Keeping a Straight Bat: Cricket, Civility, and Post-Colonialism	p. 116
Reactions
Two Concepts of Pluralism	p. 155
Critical Theory and Its Discontents	p. 171
Nietzsche's Styles	p. 182
Viral Culture	p. 194
Interior Decoration	p. 212
Interventions
Tables, Chairs, and Other Machines for Thinking	p. 229
Being Dandy: A Sort of Manifesto	p. 248
Storage and Retrieval	p. 268
Fear and Self-Loathing in Couchland: Eight Myths about Television	p. 284
What Does It All Mean?	p. 307
Index	p. 323
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