Open Minded - Working Out the Logic of the Soul

About the author

Jonathan Lear is John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor on the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. His works include Wisdom Won from Illness, Radical Hope, A Case for Irony, and Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life.

Summary

Everywhere we look in contemporary culture, knowingness has taken the place of thought. This book is a spirited assault on that deadening trend, especially as it affects our deepest attempts to understand the human psyche—in philosophy and psychoanalysis.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Lear, Lear Jonathan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9780674455344
• ISBN: 978-0-674-45534-4
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Philosophy: logic, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis