Description: What Does "Academic" Mean? : Two Essays on the Chances of the University Today, Hardcover by Pieper, Josef; Farrelly, Dan (TRN); Schall, James V. (INT), ISBN 1587319322, ISBN-13 9781587319327, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "What Does "Academic" Mean? focuses, in two essays, on the prospects of contemporary universities. The term "academic" is traced back to Plato's Academy in a grove in Athens. The Academy is isolated, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Western universities founded in the Middle Ages show continuity, via Byzantium, with Plato's Academy. Not surprisingly, the Oxford Dictionary quoted by Pieper defines "academic" as "Not leading to a decision; unpractical." The preoccupation of the academic as academic is seen by Pieper to be fundamentally theoretical, not practical. Pure theory is that which cannot at all be pressed into service. Clearly, many university disciplines that are richly funded by industry and business concerns tend to be favored byuniversity administrations, which, intent on financial survival, frown on "unproductive" disciplines such as pure philosophy: metaphysics being a case in point, since it is the discipline least capable of practical application"--
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Book Title: What Does "Academic" Mean? : Two Essays on the Chances of the Uni
Number of Pages: 92 Pages
Publication Name: What Does Academic Mean? : Two Essays on the Chances of the University Today
Language: English
Publisher: Saint Augustine's Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: General, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Author: Josef Pieper
Subject Area: Philosophy, Education
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
