Being a Philosopher

The History of a Practice
1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-415-02968-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

First Published in 2004. In a wider sense this book is a history of philosophy as an institution, not a set of beliefs. The author presents the view that it might indeed be argued that it is the institutionalization of philosophy that has worked to its disadvantage. Is it not the case that the two greatest philosophers in Britain this century—Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein— had at most a somewhat tangential relation with universities? May not real philosophical progress depend on a relative freedom from such an institutionalized framework? These are questions which are considered and this book tries to answer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hamlyn, David W.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Introduction, 1. THE ANCIENT GREEKS, 2. THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, 3. THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES, 4. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 5. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 6. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 7. CONCLUSION, Notes, Index

Über Autor(innen)

David W. Hamlyn Birkbeck College