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Philosophy Is Perfect: A Defence of Philosophy

Autor Herman Cappelen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 dec 2026
Philosophy is Perfect offers a bold defence of philosophy against both pessimistic and moderate critics. Where "flagellants" see futility and "hedgers" see only piecemeal progress, Herman Cappelen makes the case for hyper-optimism: philosophy has been massively successful, foundational to all inquiry, and flourishing precisely because of its characteristic disagreement.The book unfolds in four parts. Part I argues that all disciplines ultimately "answer to philosophy" when their core concepts and methods are scrutinized, showing that pessimism about philosophy would undermine confidence in every branch of knowledge. Part II turns the standard critique on its head, arguing that persistent disagreement is not a defect but a structural virtue of philosophical inquiry; convergence would signal decay, not progress. Part III presents the positive thesis-that philosophy has already found the correct answers to the "Very Important Questions." Drawing on the idea of a "nearly filled logical space," Cappelen argues that after centuries of systematic exploration, the correct answers are already articulated and defended in the philosophical commons. Part IV addresses objections, distinguishing achievements from aims, resisting the retreat to mere "mapping," and reframing methodological criticisms as philosophical contributions in their own right.The result is a provocative re-evaluation of philosophy's status. Rather than a discipline in crisis, Cappelen depicts philosophy as uniquely successful: it has discovered foundational truths, thrives on principled disagreement, and sets the terms for all other forms of inquiry. Philosophy is Perfect is both a challenge to entrenched pessimism and a constructive vision of philosophy's achievements and future.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198841586
ISBN-10: 0198841582
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Herman Cappelen is Chair Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He works in philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, methodology, and the philosophy of AI. He is the author of eleven monographs on a broad range of topics, including Insensitive Semantics (with Ernie Lepore; Blackwell, 2005), Philosophy without Intuitions (OUP, 2012), The Inessential Indexical (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2013), Fixing Language (OUP, 2018), and Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Perspectives (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2021).