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Murdoch e la permanenza della realtà
Donatelli, Piergiorgio
2014
Abstract
Iris Murdoch employs the notion of ‘background’, and notions related to it, in order to pursue various philosophic projects. The author explores Murdoch’s use of the notion in order to focus on two interconnected questions. On the one hand, the notion signals the hardness and inexhaustible character of reality, as the needed background in order to make sense of our lives in various ways. On the other, the hardness of reality is the object of a moral work of apprehension and deepening to the point at which its distinctive character dissolves into the family of connections we have gained for ourselves. The author elaborates on the necessity of both sides of the concept, especially in connection to the notion of life: human, animal, and environmental.
Series
Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics
XVI (2014) 1
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Piergiorgio Donatelli, "Murdoch e la permanenza della realtà", in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, XVI (2014) 1, pp. 316-332
Languages
it
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