@inbook{f8e71cbb0d0e4af38cfc55fc7a40fbab,
title = "From the concept of hope to the principle of hope",
abstract = "The chapter begins by contrasting two approaches to the analysis of hope, one which takes its departure from a view broadly shared by Hobbes, Locke and Hume, another which fits better with Aquinas's definition of hope. The former relies heavily on a sharp distinction between the cognitive and conative aspects of hope. It is argued that while this approach provides a valuable source of insights, its focus is too narrow and it rests on a problematic rationalist psychology. The chapter then discusses the phenomenology of hope with particular reference to the contrast between the lived experience of expectation and anticipation. This leads to a discussion of the value of hope. My thesis here is that when philosophers reflect on hope, they bring along background, tacit assumptions regarding its worth, which I attempt to make explicit. Finally the chapter identifies a second kind of philosophical reflection on hope, which is concerned not so much with the logic or value of hope as with hope understood as a 'principle.'",
keywords = "hope, philosophical analysis, phenomenology, desire, belief, probability, anticipation, Richard Rorty, Ernst Bloch",
author = "Smith, {Nicholas H.}",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789042030091",
series = "Probing the boundaries",
publisher = "Rodopi",
pages = "3--22",
editor = "Janet Horrigan and Ed Wiltse",
booktitle = "Hope against hope",
address = "Netherlands",
}