Wallace, DF
Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231151573
- author:
- Wallace, DF
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 252
- Dimensions:
- 20.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm
- Genre:
- Free Will & Determinism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
David Foster Wallace's essay "Fate, Time, and Language" presents a critique of philosophical ideas that challenge human free will. In response to Richard Taylor's argument, Wallace examines the relationships between logic, language, and the physical world, highlighting a semantic trick at the heart of Taylor's reasoning. Wallace's work reveals his skepticism towards abstract thinking as a means of negating something more genuine and real. He is particularly critical of certain intellectual paradigms that prioritize cerebral aestheticism and clever gimmickry over traditional human values such as spirituality, emotion, and community. This collection, edited by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert, reproduces Taylor's original article and other relevant works on fatalism, accompanied by an introduction by James Ryerson and a critical biographical epilogue by Jay Garfield.
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