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As If

Idealization and Ideals

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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ISBN 9780674237711

Publication Date: 03/04/2019

240 pages

4-3/8 x 7-1/8 inches

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Preface
1. Useful Untruths: Lessons from Hans Vaihinger
2. A Measure of Belief: Lessons from Frank Ramsey
3. Political Ideals: Lessons from John Rawls
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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Read Prospect’s interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah
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Via WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, listen to Appiah answer live audience questions in his role as the New York Times “Ethicist”

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