As If: Idealization and Ideals

by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Book Overview

"Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection... A rich and illuminating book."
--Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books

Idealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we encounter. Our beliefs, desires,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674237714
• ISBN13: 9780674237711
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.0" x 6.9"