Philosophical Finesse: Studies in the Art of Rational Persuasion

by Martin Warner

Warner here puts forward a much broader discussion of rationality than that which underlies today's polarization between analytic and continental philosophy. Through a series of case-studies the author explores ancient conceptions of dialectic and rhetoric in relation to the positive role given to sentiment or "the heart" by Pascal, Hume, and Nietzsche. These studies point to an understanding of philosophy which undercuts fashionable disputes and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019824455X
• ISBN13: 9780198244554
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 157.00 lbs.