Open AccessBook Review: Jean-François Lyotard, Pourquoi philosopher?
Author(s) -
Matthew R. McLennan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of french and francophone philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2155-1162
DOI - 10.5195/jffp.2012.552
Subject(s) - sophistication , philosophy , epistemology , philosophy of science , aesthetics
The posthumous Pourquoi Philosopher? collects Jean-François Lyotard’s previously unpublished four-part introductory course in philosophy, delivered to students of the Sorbonne in 1964. The interest of this text is both historical (appearing at an important juncture in French thought) and meta-philosophical (answering the question "why philosophize?" in such a way that a philosophy of philosophy - or rather several - is offered for consideration). The text will be of interest to readers of various levels of philosophical sophistication.