Abstract

Asserting, narrating, educating -- Maieutic and academic philosophy -- Life, subjectivity, assimilation -- The life of assertive beings, linguistic dissidence -- Ordinary language, theories, and explanations -- The ordinary and its truth -- Expertocracy and the education of individuals -- Freedom, necessity, creativity -- Reacting to the world -- Telling stories about assertions and arguments -- Concreteness and critique -- Arriving at the end of asserting -- Epilogue to the history of philosophy.