What Makes a Philosopher Great?

Thirteen Arguments for Twelve Philosophers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book is inspired by a single powerful question. What is it to be great as a philosopher? No single grand answer is presumed to be possible; instead, rewardingly close studies of philosophical greatness are developed. This is a scholarly yet accessible volume, blending metaphilosophy with the long history of philosophy and traversing centuries and continents. The result is a series of case studies by accomplished scholars, each chapter trying to understand and convey a particular philosopher’s greatness:Lloyd P. Gerson on PlatoKaryn Lai on ZhuangziDavid Bronstein on AristotleJonardon Ganeri on BuddhaghosaJeffrey Hause on AquinasGary Hatfield on DescartesKaren Detlefsen on du ChâteletDon Garrett on HumeAllen Wood on Kant (as a moral philosopher)Nicholas F. Stang on Kant (as a metaphysician)Ken Gemes on NietzscheCheryl Misak on PeirceDavid Macarthur on WittgensteinThis also serves a larger philosophical purpose. Might we gain increased clarity about what philosophy is in the first place? After all, in practice we individuate philosophy partly through its greatest practitioners’ greatest contributions.The book does not discuss every philosopher who has been regarded as great. The point is not to offer a definitive list of The Great Philosophers, but, rather, to learn something about what great philosophy is and might be, from illuminated examples of past greatness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-11-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138936157

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Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Stephen Hetherington is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. His publications include Epistemology’s Paradox (1992), Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge (2001), How to Know (2011), and Knowledge and the Gettier Problem (2016).

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"What is the difference between a merely good philosopher and a great one? Lists of the great (and usually dead) philosophers presuppose an answer to this question but it's far from obvious what the answer is. The distinguished contributors to this terrific volume advance our understanding of what great philosophy is and explain the greatness of some of the greatest philosophers."--Quassim Cassam, University of Warwick

Innehållsförteckning

CONTENTSPreface and acknowledgementsList of contributors Philosophical greatness: Introducing the very idea Stephen Hetherington Plato, Platonism, and the history of philosophyLloyd P. Gerson Zhuangzi’s suggestiveness: Sceptical questionsKaryn Lai Aristotle as systematic philosopher: Essence, necessity, and explanation in theory and practiceDavid Bronstein Attention to greatness: BuddhaghosaJonardon Ganeri Aquinas’s complex webJeffrey Hause Descartes as a great philosopher: Comprehensive physics, mechanistic embodiment, and methodological systematicityGary Hatfield Émilie du Châtelet on women’s minds and educationKaren Detlefsen What’s so great about Hume?Don Garrett Is Kant a great moral philosopher?Allen Wood ‘How is metaphysics possible?’ Kant’s great question and his great answerNicholas F. Stang Nietzsche: This time it’s personalKen Gemes What makes Peirce a great philosopher?Cheryl Misak Wittgenstein’s un-ruley solution to the problem of philosophyDavid Macarthur