A Philosophy of the Essay: Scepticism, Experience and Style

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Erin Plunkett draws from both analytic and continental sources to argue for the philosophical relevance of style, making the case that the essay form is uniquely suited to address the sceptical problem. The authors examined here-Montaigne, Hume, the early German Romantics, Kierkegaard and Stanley Cavell-bring into relief the relationship between scepticism and ordinary life and situate the will to know within a broader frame of meaningful human activity. The formal features of the essay call attention to time, subjectivity, and language as the existential conditions of knowledge. In contrast to foundationalist approaches, which expect philosophy to reach empirical or rational certainty, Plunkett demonstrates through these writings the philosophical advantages of a fragmentary, non-dogmatic style of writing. A Philosophy of the Essay shows how this medium can help us come to terms with the contingency and uncertainty of life.

Erin Plunkett從分析和大陸兩個來源出發，論證了風格的哲學相關性，證明了散文形式特別適合解決懷疑問題。作者在這裡考察了蒙田、休謨、早期德國浪漫主義者、克爾凱郭爾和斯坦利·卡維爾，他們揭示了懷疑主義與日常生活之間的關係，並將知情意願置於有意義的人類活動的更廣泛框架內。文章的形式特徵引起人們對時間、主體性和語言作為知識存在條件的關注。與期望哲學達到經驗或理性確定性的基礎主義方法相反，普朗基特通過這些作品展示了零碎、非教條主義寫作風格的哲學優勢。《散文哲學》展示了這種媒介如何幫助我們接受生活的偶然性和不確定性。

A Philosophy of the Essay: Scepticism, Experience and Style

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