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Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers
Explores ontological humility in the history of philosophy, from Descartes to contemporary gender and race theory.
165 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2013
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Nancy J. Holland
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Professor Nancy Holland's areas of specialization include: postmodern European philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the work of Martin Heidegger. Holland received her BA from Stanford University and her PhD from the University of California Berkeley.
Professor Nancy Holland's areas of specialization include: postmodern European philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the work of Martin Heidegger. Holland received her BA from Stanford University and her PhD from the University of California Berkeley.
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November 30, 2019
Doesn't actually have as much Harry Potter as I thought it'd have, but the writing is much more fluid and entertaining than most of the academic works I read.
The main thesis of this work is "Ontological Humility", which is a mindset which simply states that humanity, or one's state of being human, is nothing special, that individuals (and humanity as a whole) have limits to their experience and to their thought, and that acknowledging that we have those limitations is the ontologically humble thing to do.
Very interesting, and will certainly stay with me for a while.
The main thesis of this work is "Ontological Humility", which is a mindset which simply states that humanity, or one's state of being human, is nothing special, that individuals (and humanity as a whole) have limits to their experience and to their thought, and that acknowledging that we have those limitations is the ontologically humble thing to do.
Very interesting, and will certainly stay with me for a while.
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