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Unity and Art in a Mood of Scepticism

Authors: Forsberg Anders Niklas

Year: 2019

Type of publication: kapitola v odborné knize

Name of source: Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals

Publisher name: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Cham

Page from-to: 33-49

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Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Unity and Art in a Mood of Scepticism	The way that Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals begins may seem perplexing since it does not state in a clear way what the aims and purposes of the book are, nor does it say anything about methodology. This chapter aims to show how this peculiar opening, rightly understood, functions as an entrance to an understanding of the book as a whole, and to make clear why the opening chapter’s focus on the concept of art is the right place to start. Murdoch’s view of metaphysics is that we are always guided by a worldview, i.e. by unified images that are historical and changing. Art functions as a mirror of its time that help to bring the background of our lives and thoughts into view.
eng	Unity and Art in a Mood of Scepticism	The way that Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals begins may seem perplexing since it does not state in a clear way what the aims and purposes of the book are, nor does it say anything about methodology. This chapter aims to show how this peculiar opening, rightly understood, functions as an entrance to an understanding of the book as a whole, and to make clear why the opening chapter’s focus on the concept of art is the right place to start. Murdoch’s view of metaphysics is that we are always guided by a worldview, i.e. by unified images that are historical and changing. Art functions as a mirror of its time that help to bring the background of our lives and thoughts into view.	Iris Murdoch; Art; Unity; Metaphysics; History

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