Alasdair MacIntyre was a philosopher who changed his mind. He was a true learner and subsequently, a great teacher. Adam A.J. DeVille reviews "Edith Stein: A Philosophical Prologue, 1913-1922" and "Ethics and Politics: Selected Essays, Vol. 2" -- both about the life and thoughts of MacIntyre. "For several decades now, Alasdair MacIntyre has been recognized—even by those who do not agree with him—as one of the most important and singular voices in philosophy. His work in the late 1950s through the 1970s was marked by an increasingly obvious dissatisfaction with, and alienation from, many of the ideas of modernity..." https://buff.ly/xt1IIc6 (fb)

Are philosophers up in their ivory towers increasingly detached from reality? Are there any of them left who can really speak to the everyday human experience? Rev. Joseph Scolaro wrote about one of the last who was still doing the good work: Alasdair MacIntyre. Rev. Joseph Scolaro reviews "Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography" by Émile Perreau-Saussine. He says, "Still writing and speaking at 93, his contribution to philosophy over the past seventy years is remarkable, above all in that it criticizes this exact idea that philosophy no longer relates to human experience." https://buff.ly/MUNr9BX (fb)