Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking

Ondřej Beran (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic)

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Routledge
05 March 2021

Philosophy of language; Literary studies: general; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Philosophy: aesthetics; Ethics & moral philosophy

Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

"This book investigates the role and significance that examples play in shaping arguments and thought, both in philosophy and in everyday life. It addresses questions about how our moral thinking is informed by our conceptual practices, especially in ways related to the relationship between ethics and literature, post-Wittgensteinian ethics, or meta-philosophical concerns about the style of philosophical writing.

Written in an accessible and non-technical style, the book uses examples from real-life events or pieces of well-known fictional stories to introduce its discussions. In doing so, it demonstrates the complex way examples, rather than exemplifying philosophical points, inform and condition how we approach the points for which we want to argue. The author shows how examples guide or block our understanding in certain directions, how they do this by stressing morally relevant aspects or dimensions of the terms, and how the sense of moral seriousness allows us to learn from examples. The final chapter explores whether these kinds of engagement with examples can be understood as ""thinking primarily through examples.""

Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in ethics and moral philosophy, philosophy of language, and philosophy of literature."

By: Ondřej Beran (University of Pardubice Czech Republic)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9780367684709
ISBN 10: 0367684705
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 05 March 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Why Examples 2. Examples and Understanding 3. The Moral Bearing of Examples 4. Examples and Learning 5. Conclusion: Thinking Through Examples?

Ondřej Beran is a researcher at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value (University of Pardubice). His recent publications include Living with Rules (2018) and From Rules to Meanings (Routledge 2018, co-edited with V. Kolman and L. Koreň).

Reviews for Examples and Their Role in Our Thinking

Beran's book is the most detailed philosophical study of examples with which I am familiar . . . Everyone interested in the role of examples in philosophy will benefit from his lively study. - Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA