The Great Philosophers

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-92817-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 1536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 866 g

Brief, accessible, and affordable, these pocket-sized volumes offer the essential introductions to the great philosophers of the Western tradition-from Plato to Wittgenstein.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monk, Ray

Raphael, Frederic

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Socrates by Anthony Gottlieb; Plato by Bernard Williams; Descartes by John Cottingham; Spinoza by Roger Scruton; Berkeley by David Berman; Hume by Anthony Quinton; Marx by Terry Eagleton; Russell by Ray Monk; Heidegger by Jonathan Rée; Wittgenstein by Peter Hacker; Popper by Frederic Raphael; Turing by Andrew Hodges; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography and Further Reading; Acknowledgements

The twelve essays in this volume are not only introductions to some of the most influential thinkers in human history but are also invitations for the reader to participate in a living debate. The authors of these essays are distinguished philosophers in their own right. They engage with philosophical ideas rather than merely relaying them. By choosing a specific aspect of their subject's work, they liberate the great philosophers from textbook clichés--revealing them in all their freshness and originality.

Über Autor(innen)

Ray Monk is a lecturer in philosophy at Southampton University and the acclaimed biographer of Russell and Wittgenstein. Frederic Raphael took a degree in philosophy from Cambridge and is the author of numerous novels, screenplays and translations.