Thinking and Doing: The Philosophical Foundations of Institutions - Book 7 in Philosophical Studies Series | Explore Institutional Philosophy for Academic Research & Social Science Studies
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Philosophy is the search for the large patterns of the world and of the large patterns of experience, perceptual, theoretical, . . . , aesthetic, and practical - the patterns that, regardless of specific contents, characterize the main types of experience. In this book I carry out my search for the large patterns of practical experience: the experience of deliberation, of recognition of duties and their conflicts, of attempts to guide other person's conduct, of deciding to act, of influencing the physical world with one's doings, and the like. This is the experience that makes possible our social life, the formulation of plans for teamwork, the building of institutions, the development of nations, and the adoption of the ideal of morality. Here I develop a network of theories about the most fundamental aspects of practical thinking: what is thought in such thinking; what makes that thinking correct; what makes it practical; and the structure of the doings that accrue to the world when such thinking is effective. I have attempted to build each theory in sufficient detail, so that it il luminates its subject matter with a certain degree of fullness. But I have also aimed at producing an harmonious system of theories, so that the grand pattern of practical thinking can be admired, not only for the beauty of the separate structures of its parts, but also for its architectonic unity. Chapter 1 gives the details of the many facets of this project and discusses some methodological techniques.
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After about 40 years of publication of this book many important things could be noted. first off, the importance of clear and accessible prose for a philosophical book to become appreciated. unfortunately this book lacks this feature. the prose is hard to read, the book is full of the abbreviations which make following the arguments and theses really hard, and the overall project is so diverse that understanding it could be impossible in the first reading or even the second! But, despite all of these defects the book is a masterpiece, a real fruit of philosophy which shows the ingenuity of the writer. Second off, being a systematic philosopher automatically makes your idea inaccessible to many minds. particularization in the current analytic philosophy has made projects like that of Castaneda seem obnoxious. In my opinion, it is Castaneda's way of philosophizing which worth commitment and pursuit by philosophers. The main theory developed in this book is so elegant that worth the efforts required to understand it. Castaneda has tried to save a massive bundle of philosophical and psychological intuitions in his theory of practical reason and action. The distinction between practitions and propositions, proposed firstly by Castaneda himself, is defended in detail in this book. The theory is really capable in explaining the structure of practical reason and action.although I know reading this book is a really boring and painstaking task, even for those interested in the topic, I strongly recommend reading this book at least three times because I believe that there are many buried and forgotten insights in this book which are not extracted only because readers have found this book hard to read.Maybe the new generation of analytic philosophers, with more patience and stubbornness, can revive this invaluable book of Hector Neri Castaneda.
