As If
As If by Kwame Anthony Appiah is a 2017 Philosophy & Religion book written by TED speaker Kwame Anthony Appiah, paired here with the talk they gave.
Idealization is a basic feature of human thought. We proceed “as if” our representations were true, while knowing they are not. Kwame Anthony Appiah defends the centrality of the imagination in science, morality, and everyday life and shows that our best chance for accessing reality is to open our minds to a plurality of idealized depictions.
The paired TED talk
Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question) (2014), the TED talk by Kwame Anthony Appiah.
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