{"product_id":"the-great-endarkenment","title":"The Great Endarkenment","description":"Human beings have always been specialists, but over the past two centuries division of labor has become deeper, ubiquitous, and more fluid. The form it now takes brings a series of problems that are philosophical and practical: coordinating the activities of experts in different disciplines who do not understand one another. Because these problems are unrecognized and because we do not have solutions for them, we are on the verge of an age in which decisions that depend on understanding more than one discipline at a time will be made poorly. Since so many decisions require multidisciplinary knowledge, these philosophical problems are urgent. Some of the puzzles traditionally on philosophers’ agendas have to do with intellectual devices developed to handle less extreme forms of specialization. Two of these—necessity and the practical 'ought'—are given extended treatment in Elijah Millgram’s The Great Endarkenment. In this collection of essays, both previously published and new, Millgram pays special attention to how a focus on cognitive function reframes familiar debates in metaethics and metaphysics. Consequences of hyperspecialization for the theory of practical rationality, for our conception of agency, and for ethics are laid out and discussed. An afterword considers whether and how philosophers can contribute to solving the very pressing problems created by contemporary division of labor. These always interesting, often brilliant, and contentious essays focus on the question of how we need to reason practically if we are to flourish, given Millgram’s account of our human nature and the environments we inhabit. The originality of his thought is matched by his clarity and wit. —Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame. The book is a rewarding one—richly argued, while being a genuinely good read. The writing is clear, bold, self-assured, and often very funny. —A. B. Dickerson, Australasian Journal of Philosophy","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":52826400817433,"sku":"B805.M55.2021","price":13.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52826400850201,"sku":"B805.M55.2021","price":11.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":52826400882969,"sku":"B805.M55.2021","price":10.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":52826400915737,"sku":"B805.M55.2021","price":9.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/53166593_de16e50e-5b98-4956-b518-756e186cde00.jpg?v=1784069410","url":"https:\/\/thryft.asia\/products\/the-great-endarkenment","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}