It's clear that "philosophy" comes from the Greek "philosophia," love of wisdom. What is not at all clear is what that phrase means. In the connection it articulates between love and wisdom, what, precisely, does philosophy name?This small book, or extended essay, is divided into three sections. The first section (What is Philosophy?) takes seriously Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's contention in their book of the same title that, "The nonphilosophical is perhaps closer to the heart of philosophy than philosophy itself, and this means that philosophy cannot be content to be understood only philosophically or conceptually, but is essentially addressed to nonphilosophers as well?" (including the nonphilosopher in every philosopher). The second section (On Argument) interrogates the status and value of evidence, and self-evidence. The third section (On Not Knowing) generalizes a parenthetical observation of Agamben's on Heidegger, "If we may attempt to identify something like the characteristic Stimmung of every thinker, perhaps it is precisely this being delivered over to something that refuses itself that defines the specific emotional tonality of Heidegger's thought": Might not philosophy be defined, the phil of sophia, precisely, as what it is to be delivered over to something that refuses itself? That is precisely what this small explores.

What Is Philosophy?

Politics & Social Sciences

MUNRO, Michael

Philosophy

Punctum Books

What is a problem? What’s asked in that question, and how does one even begin to take its measure? How else could one begin, except as one does with any other problem—by way of its impulsion. Of Learned Ignorance: Idea of a Treatise in Philosophy is about philosophy because philosophy is about problems: philosophy, in a word, is where problems become a problem. Of Learned Ignorance is a dead letter because it is, cautiously, a love letter. It’s a dead letter because it lovingly stages an experiment in whimsy, and perhaps above all, because it is problematic (in the Kantian sense): It is a (sober) attempt at exemplifying what it talks about — and what eludes it: A series of footnotes, with blank (transcriptive) pages above, effects something like the integration of a differential, the reciprocal determination where the sources enter into in relation to one another in order to produce a paper, essay, or (inexistent) (chap)book. Of Learned Ignorance, in facing down a problem, makes a wager; it courts failure; it puts it all on the line. All, yes, for love — a kind of love … (of wisdom?).

Of Learned Ignorance: Idea of a Treatise in Philosophy

Theory is like a Surging Sea

Dead Letter Office

The Patter, Another Blast

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Canongate Books Ltd.

This is an omnibus edition containing "The Patter" and "The Patter: Another Blast", including additional material. Michael Munro is the author of the "Glasgow Joke Book".

The Complete Patter

An invaluable source book for creating outdoor living spaces that incorporate natural materials and are low maintenance.

Northwest Landscaping: A Practical Guide to Creati

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Alaska Northwest Books

This books describes itself as contemporary urban Scots dialogue. I think this is written as a serious compilation of various words and phrases that need some explanation to outsiders, but the pen and ink illustrations are humorous. Interesting.

The patter: a guide to current Glasgow usage

Glasgow District Libraries

Do you have a baldy clue as to who the bears and junglies are? Confused by the thought of some cheekywatter from your cargo? Fancy a day out at Fort Weetabix? Or would you rather settle down with some swedgers? After all, you don’t want to be a stank dodger. Puzzled? This book can help. Michael Munro has won the eternal gratitude of Glaswegians for his efforts in popularizing their city’s dialect, universally known as “the patter.” This book is the most extensive collection of this rich and expressive language ever made. Knowledge of the often hilarious, sometimes coarse—but never dull!—patter is the key to understanding Glasgow and its inhabitants.

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Birlinn

Glaswegians have always enjoyed a good laugh—the home-grown variety best of all—and this new and expanded edition of Michael Munro’s bestselling book is a hilarious compendium of Glasgow humor. In addition to classics that never fail to amuse, it also features new jokes and stories, showing that the famous Glasgow tongue is as sharp and inventive as it has always been. Glasgow locals, Scottish natives, people interested in linguistics, and comedy enthusiasts will get a kick out of these jokes, anecdotes, and tales of Glasgow’s quirky characters. As Scots Magazine noted, “This book’s a stoatybumber, so it is.”

The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour

Do you have a baldy clue as to who the Bear and Junglies are? Fancy a day out at Fort Weetabix? Or would you rather settle down with some swedgers? After all you don't want to be a stank dodger. If you can understand it, then this is a definitive dictionary.

Birlinn Ltd.

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What Is Philosophy?

Of Learned Ignorance: Idea of a Treatise in Philosophy

Theory is like a Surging Sea

The Patter, Another Blast

The Complete Patter

Northwest Landscaping: A Practical Guide to Creati

The patter: a guide to current Glasgow usage

The Complete Patter

The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour

The Complete Patter