Philosophical Tales

Being an Alternative History Revealing the Characters, the Plots, and the Hidden Scenes That Make Up the True Story of Philosophy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4037-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Philosophical Tales

“A lover of philosophical ideas and practiced debunker of intellectual sham, Martin Cohen knocks some thirty important philosophers from Socrates to Derrida off their pedestals, and presents in a series of philosophical tales various aspects of their thought, life and personality which few of us ever suspected.”
Zenon Stavrinides, University of Bradford

Zielgruppe

Primarily for introduction to philosophy courses at the undergraduate level, also for general readers and all serious students of philosophy desiring biographical information on the great philosophers, or simply a more entertaining account of philosophica

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Martin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gonzalez, Raul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forword! viii

How to Use this Book x

Philosophical Illustrations xiii

The Tales

I The Ancient 1

II More Ancients 27

III Medieval Philosophy 51

IV Modern Philosophy 73

V Enlightened Philosophy 97

VI The Idealists 139

VII The Romantics 179

VIII Recent Philosophy 205

Scholarly Appendix: Women in Philosophy, and Why there Aren't Many 251

Key Sources and Further Reading 259

Acknowledgments 268

Index 269

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Cohen is a teacher and writer specializing in philosophy, ethics and education, with a special interest in computing. His books include 101 Philosophy Problems (2nd edn., 2001), Political Philosophy (2001), 101 Ethical Dilemmas (2003), and Wittgenstein's Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments (Blackwell, 2005). He has been editor of The Philosopher since 1995.