The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader's Guide - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631236112 ISBN 13 : 9780631236115

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

The Classics of Western Philosophy brings together 61 newly-commissioned essays on classic texts ranging from Ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Surveying the history of philosophy, the book focuses on historical texts rather than historical figures and covers the entire range of classics in a single volume.

• Provides 61 chapters written by leading experts on the classics of Western thought.
  
• Includes current references to the scholarly literature in addition to a select bibliography of major articles and books.
  
• Contributors include C.D.C. Reeve on Plato's Republic, Terrence Irwin on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Dominic O'Meara on Plotinus' Enneads, James Ross on Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, Don Garrett on Spinoza's Ethics, Allen Wood on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Stephen Houlgate on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Michael Dummett on Frege's 'Über Sinn und Bedeutung, ' Hanjo Glock on Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and David Woodruff Smith on Husserl's Logical Investigations.
  
• Surveys the history of philosophy by focussing on the historical texts rather than historical figures.
  
• Covers the entire range of classics in a single volume.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jorge J. E. Gracia is Samuel P. Capen Chair and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is author of several books, including Hispanic/Latino Identity (Blackwell, 2000) and How Can We Know What God Means? (2001). He is editor, with Timothy B. Noone, of A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Blackwell, 2003).

Gregory M. Reichberg is Senior Research Fellow at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and associate editor of the Journal of Military Ethics. He has published widely on the ethics of war and peace, and on topics in Thomistic philosophy.

Bernard N. Schumacher is Privatdocent of Philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of Une philosophie de l'espérance (2000) and Auseinandersetzung mit dem Tode (2003). He is also the editor of several books, including Penser l'homme et la science (1996).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631236112
• ISBN 13: 9780631236115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 638
• Éditeur: Gracia Jorge J. E., Reichberg Gregory M., Schumacher Bernard N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible