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001 2015005660
003 DLC
005 20151008081149.0
008 150212s2015 inu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015005660
020 $a9781587319327 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781587319334 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hger
042 $apcc
050 00 $aB53$b.P513 2015
082 00 $a001.2$223
084 $aPHI000000$aEDU040000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPieper, Josef,$d1904-1997.
240 10 $aWas heisst akademisch?$lEnglish
245 10 $aWhat does "academic" mean? :$btwo essays on the chances of the universty today /$cJosef Pieper ; translated by Dan Farrelly.
246 30 $aWhat does "academic" mean? : two essays on the chances of the university today
264 1 $aSouth Bend, Indiana :$bSt. Augustine's Press,$c[2015]
300 $a82 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"What Does "Academic" Mean? focuses, in two essays, on the prospects of contemporary universities. The term "academic" is traced back to Plato's Academy in a grove in Athens. The Academy is isolated, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Western universities founded in the Middle Ages show continuity, via Byzantium, with Plato's Academy. Not surprisingly, the Oxford Dictionary quoted by Pieper defines "academic" as "Not leading to a decision; unpractical." The preoccupation of the academic as academic is seen by Pieper to be fundamentally theoretical, not practical. Pure theory is that which cannot at all be pressed into service. Clearly, many university disciplines that are richly funded by industry and business concerns tend to be favored by university administrations, which, intent on financial survival, frown on "unproductive" disciplines such as pure philosophy: metaphysics being a case in point, since it is the discipline least capable of practical application"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aPhilosophy.
650 0 $aLearning and scholarship.
650 7 $aPHILOSOPHY / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects.$2bisacsh