Overview

The lives of philosophers would be dull reading if they were as tidy as their thoughts often tend to be. Alastair Hannay describes how he ‘slid’ into philosophy but found it a useful means of transport for a life framed here in metaphors of the sea, an unruly element that has played some part in a not always tidy life. Although the philosophy option attracts some because it suits their talents, the less talented may look to it for guidance in making sense of their lives. Hannay’s own ‘episodic’ interest led him by chance to a life-time of active engagement with philosophers of all kinds. An encounter with the works of Søren Kierkegaard opened the way to a personal take on a profession that easily ends in abstractions but which, when its questions are brought down to earth, sees market-place and academic philosophy from a perspective that allows the one to enrich the other.

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Author:   Alastair Hannay
Publisher:   Zeticula Ltd
Imprint:   Kennedy And Boyd
ISBN:  

9781849212083

ISBN 10:   1849212082
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dedication; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Pro-log: ‘Down to the seas again’; Part One: Fathoming;  Chapter One: Keel laying; Chapter Two: Homeport Carlisle; Chapter Three: In irons; Chapter Four: Unshackled; Chaper Five: Shipshape; Chapter Six: Ticketed; Chapter Seven: Lightening ship; Chapter Eight: Clearing the decks; Part Two: Surfacing; Chapter Nine: In commission; Chapter Ten: Ghosting; Chapter Eleven: A good deal; Chapter Twelve: On the beach; Chapter Thirteen: Long shots; Part Three: By and large; Chapter Fourteen: Higher latitudes; Chapter Fifteen: Top of the tide; Chapter Sixteen: Off and on; Chapter Seventeen: With the flow; Chapter Eighteen: Coming adrift; Chapter Nineteen:  Taken aback; Chapter Twenty: Squared away; Chapter Twenty-one: Signing off; Epi-log: ‘When the long trick’s over’'; Below deck recovery; References; Father’s and Mother’s Genealogies;

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Alastair Hannay is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He studied in Edinburgh and London, has taught in the USA and written several books, among them five on Søren Kierkegaard. His first novella, Hello and Goodbye, Horace Hardcover was published in 2020

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