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Philosophical Embarrassment

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This book explores moments of philosophical embarrassment, focusing on Hume and Wittgenstein, who recognized how their critiques challenged the very foundations of philosophy. It examines how figur...
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Price: £80.00
Pages: 206
Publisher: Anthem Press
Imprint: Anthem Press
Series: Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
Publication Date: 12 May 2026
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781839997662
Format: Hardcover
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PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Ethics and moral philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Psychology: emotions, Philosophy of mind

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Béla Szabados has a PhD from the University of Calgary and is professor emeritus at the University of Regina.


Peter Campbell took a PhD in philosophy at UBC and is emeritus professor at the University of Regina.

Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Rousseau and the Culture of Embarrassment; II. Hume’s Reduction: The Examined Life is Unliveable; III. Late Modern Embarrassments: Early Wittgenstein, Logical Positivists, and Quine; IV. Doing Philosophy After the Death of the Tradition; V. The Later Wittgenstein; VI. Reflections from an Evolutionary Point of View; VII. Eliot’s Dissent from Darwin’s Language of the Emotions Thesis; VIII. Wittgenstein on Self-Deception in Science, Psychology, and Philosophy; IX. Embarrassment: An Overview; Envois: Two Moments of Embarrassment; Bibliography; Index