A Pitch of Philosophy

A Pitch of Philosophy
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9780674029286
ISBN-13 : 0674029283
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Book Synopsis A Pitch of Philosophy by : Stanley CAVELL

Download or read book A Pitch of Philosophy written by Stanley CAVELL and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an invitation to the life of philosophy in the United States, as Emerson once lived it and as Stanley Cavell now lives it--in all its topographical ambiguity. Cavell talks about his vocation in connection with what he calls voice--the tone of philosophy--and his right to take that tone, and to describe an anecdotal journey toward the discovery of his own voice.


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