Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Edidin, Aron
Keywords
Philosophy, Truth, Misinterpretation
Area of Concentration
Philosophy
Abstract
This thesis identifies and explicates a recurring mistake in contemporary philosophical thinking; namely, the conflation of the practical importance of a given line of philosophical inquiry with the importance of the concept around which the line of inquiry eventually coalesces. After the mistake is first unpacked in its most abstract form, two extended examples of the mistake are proffered in hopes of both further elucidating its abstracted argumentative structure as well as demonstrating how a lack of attentiveness to the mistake can lead our thinking astray.
Recommended Citation
Mooney, Austin, "MISPLACING WHAT MATTERS: ELUCIDATING A COMMON PHILOSOPHICAL MISTAKE" (2014). Theses & ETDs. 4910.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4910