@inbook{51eb3428224b4a34876fc40757abdec9,
title = "Philosophy",
abstract = "This chapter considers Swift{\textquoteright}s uses of philosophy – his use of the word, and the uses to which philosophy can be put, good and (mostly) bad. It looks at Swift{\textquoteright}s uses of the term {\textquoteleft}philosophy{\textquoteright}, its cognates, and some related terms ({\textquoteleft}speculative{\textquoteright}), and at his references to philosophers, to suggest he can use the term in a restricted positive sense as well as a more definitively negative sense, particularly in A Tale of a Tub, where hubristic claims towards systematic description characterise philosophical speculation allied with natural philosophy. The chapter concludes with a reading of Gulliver{\textquoteright}s Travels, suggesting that Swift{\textquoteright}s capacity for fable and invention enabled him to practise a literary philosophy.",
keywords = "Jonathan Swift, Philosophy, Satire",
author = "Jones, {Tom E}",
year = "2024",
month = may,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1017/9781108917254.043",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781108831437",
series = "Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "279--286",
editor = "Joseph Hone and Pat Rogers",
booktitle = "Jonathan Swift in context",
address = "United Kingdom",
}