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As If

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

As If

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

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About the book

"Appiah is a writer and thinker of remarkable range... [He] has packed into this short book an impressive amount of original reflection... A rich and illuminating book."-Thomas Nagel, New York Review of BooksIdealization is a fundamental feature of human thought. We build simplified models to make sense of the world, and life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and the realities we encounter. Our beliefs, desires, and sense of justice are bound up with these ideals, and we procee...Show more

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9780674237711

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Harvard University Press

Published year

2019

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As If

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