Philosophy and Vision

by Dane R. Gordon

Philosophy and Vision argues that clear thinking and imaginative understanding are necessary qualities as we try to deal with the problems that confront us in our daily life. The book discusses history, the environment, religion, personal and corporate morality, freedom, the concept of person, poetry, and post-modernism attempts to show that as a philosophic vision is brought to bear on all of these, we will grasp them more completely and more constructively.
The issues which challenge most of us seldom have straightforward answers, but they require some answers, some response other than failing out of our emotions. Attempting to see these philosophically, to adopt a philosophic vision, is no panacea, but it may make the difference between being overwhelmed and being able to cope.
The book has a crisp enjoyable style, and while it is a philosophical work it draws upon movies, fiction, poetry, and life's experiences in developing its arguments.

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Dane Gordon served in the Royal Navy during World War II. He has degrees in history, theology, and philosophy from Cambridge and London Universities, England and from the University of Rochester, USA. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy from Rochester Institute of Technology, a retired Presbyterian minister, and a poet.