Ordering of Time

Meditations on the History of Philosophy

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

What exactly is this the history of and how is that history to be understood in relationship to philosophy itself? Can philosophy's history, on any of a number of diverse descriptions, ever be said in its own right to constitute a unique and genuine source of philosophical wisdom or insight? George Lucas sweeps aside the constraints of traditional methodological and cultural boundaries to reflect broadly on a variety of answers to these questions, as posed by many of the major philosophical figures of the past century. Inviting a re-consideration of the work of scholars as diverse as Alasdair MacIntyre, Leo Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Bertrand Russell, Arthur Danto, Martha Nussbaum, Paul Ricoeur, Charles Taylor, Keith Lehrer and Jerome Schneewind, Lucas ranges widely over the history of philosophy itself in search of original, probing answers to these profound and perennial issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474478564
Utmärkelser:Joint winner of The Metaphysical Society of America: John N. Findlay Book Prize in Metaphysics 2024 (UK)

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

George Lucas is Distinguished Chair of Ethics and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at The United States Naval Academy. He is General Editor of The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Complete Works of Alfred North Whitehead.

Recensioner i media

Full of great insights about the point and mode of philosophy both as history and as normative work helping readers better understand themselves as philosophers in their historical context. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Injustice in the Margins of Time and History; 1. Ordering Time: Thinking with the Presocratics; 2. The Tragical History of Doctor Beneke; 3. Philosophy’s Recovery of its History; 4. Three Rival Conceptions of Philosophical Discourse; 5. Art, Philosophy and the Shapes of the Past; 6. A New Methodology for Philosophy; 7. The Critique of Enlightenment and the Question Concerning Metaphysics; 8. Scientific Revolutions and the Search for Covariant Metaphysical Principles; 9. People without a Name; Bibliography; Index.