Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-236) and index
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From modes of understanding to philosophical problems. Modes of understanding : a general account ; Modes of understanding : particular accounts ; Conflicts and problems ; Problems and contexts -- Problematic approaches. History and genealogy ; Morality and moralism ; Politics and ideology ; Science and scientism -- Toward a pluralist approach. Good reasons ; The pluralist approach to good lives, providential order, and the ideal state ; The pluralist approach to control, reasonable hope, and moral absolutes
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John Kekes proposes a new way of understanding the nature of philosophical problems, and defends a pluralist approach towards coping with them. He argues that the recurrence of such problems is not a defect, but a consequence of the richness of our modes of understanding that enlarges the range of possibilities by which we might choose to live