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A Philosophical Analysis of Hope

By:J. Waterworth
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781403904355
eText ISBN:9780230506022
Edition:0
Copyright:2004
Format:Page Fidelity

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Despite the familiarity of hope in human experience, it is a phenomenon infrequently considered from a philosophical point of view. This book charts the centrality of hope in thought and action from first, second and third person perspectives. From everyday situations to extreme circumstances of trial and endings in life, the contours of hope are given a phenomenological description and subjected to conceptual analysis. This consistently secular account of hope sheds a different light on questions of agency and meaning.