Ideas Of Human Nature 2e

2. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-631-21406-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Ideas of Human Nature (second edition) presents twelve of the most influential Western thinkers on the topic of human nature. Roger Trigg examines the thinkers in their historical context and discusses their relevance to contemporary controversies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trigg, Roger

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition.

Introduction.

1. Plato c. 429-347 BC.

2. Aristotle 384-322 BC.

3. Aquinas 1225-1274.

4. Hobbes 1588-1679.

5. Locke 1632-1704.

6. Hume 1711-1776.

7. Kant 1724- 804.

8. Darwin 1809-1882.

9. Marx 1818-1883.

10. Nietzsche 1844-1900.

11. Freud 1856-1939.

12. Wittgenstein 1889-1951.

Conclusion to the Second Edition.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Trigg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His publications include Rationality and Religion (Blackwell, 1998), Rationality and Science (Blackwell, 1993) and Understanding Social Science (Blackwell, 1985). He was the first President (1993-6) of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion, and in 1996-7 was Stanton Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge. He is currently President of the Mind Association.