Jeremy Stangroom – författare

The Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. It''s a story with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabonds. At the heart of it all are the ideas and obsessions that have captured great thinkers from the very beginning. Packed with intriguing anecdotes and fascinating detail, James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom bring us face to face with the most important philosophers in western history. Rigorous, refreshingly free of academic jargon, and highly accessible, this is the ideal introduction for anyone who wants to gain a new perspective on philosophy''s biggest thoughts.

What are scientists working on today? What do they worry about? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind''s last?These are just some of the compelling and provocative questions tackled here by twelve of the world''s leading scientists and scientific thinkers. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the most urgent scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today.

Essential reading for anyone interested in popular science, What Scientists Think is edited and written by Jeremy Stangroom of the highly successful The Philosopher''s Magazine and includes a foreword by Marek Kohn, author of A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination.

What are scientists working on today? What do they worry about? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind''s last?These are just some of the compelling and provocative questions tackled here by twelve of the world''s leading scientists and scientific thinkers. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the most urgent scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today.

Essential reading for anyone interested in popular science, What Scientists Think is edited and written by Jeremy Stangroom of the highly successful The Philosopher''s Magazine and includes a foreword by Marek Kohn, author of A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination.

From popular introductions to biographies and television programmes, philosophy is everywhere. Many people even want to be philosophers, usually in the café or the pub. But what do real philosophers do? What are the big philosophical issues of today? Why do they matter? How did some our best philosophers get into philosophy in the first place?Read New British Philosophy and find out for the first time. Clear, engaging and designed for a general audience, sixteen fascinating interviews with some of the top philosophers from the new generation of the subject''s leaders range from music to the mind and feminism to the future of philosophy.Each interview is introduced and conducted by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom of The Philosophers Magazine. This is a unique snapshot of philosophy in Great Britain today and includes interviews with:Ray Monk - Biography; Nigel Warburton - the Public; Aaron Ridley - Music; Jonathan Wolff - Politics; Roger Crisp - Ethics; Rae Langton - Pornography; Miranda Fricker - Knowledge; M.G.F.Martin - Perception; Timothy Williamson - Vagueness; Tim Crane - Mind; Robin Le Poidevin - Metaphysics; Christina Howells - Sartre; Simon Critchley - Phenomenology; Simon Glendinning - Continental; Stephen Mulhall - the Future; Keith Ansell Pearson - the Human.

From popular introductions to biographies and television programmes, philosophy is everywhere. Many people even want to be philosophers, usually in the café or the pub. But what do real philosophers do? What are the big philosophical issues of today? Why do they matter? How did some our best philosophers get into philosophy in the first place?Read New British Philosophy and find out for the first time. Clear, engaging and designed for a general audience, sixteen fascinating interviews with some of the top philosophers from the new generation of the subject''s leaders range from music to the mind and feminism to the future of philosophy.Each interview is introduced and conducted by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom of The Philosophers Magazine. This is a unique snapshot of philosophy in Great Britain today and includes interviews with:Ray Monk - Biography; Nigel Warburton - the Public; Aaron Ridley - Music; Jonathan Wolff - Politics; Roger Crisp - Ethics; Rae Langton - Pornography; Miranda Fricker - Knowledge; M.G.F.Martin - Perception; Timothy Williamson - Vagueness; Tim Crane - Mind; Robin Le Poidevin - Metaphysics; Christina Howells - Sartre; Simon Critchley - Phenomenology; Simon Glendinning - Continental; Stephen Mulhall - the Future; Keith Ansell Pearson - the Human.

De filosofie is meer dan tweeduizend jaar oud. De Grote Filosofen volgt het spoor van de grootste denkers uit de belangrijkste stromingen binnen de filosofie door haar lange geschiedenis heen. Het begint bij de Oude Grieken en de vroege Romeinse filosofen, de eerste filosofische denkers in de westerse wereld, aan wie wij zoveel te danken hebben.Op heldere wijze wordt uitgelegd hoe wat hen bezig hield ook hun opvolgers ging boeien. Hoe hun antwoorden de basis legden voor datgene wat wij nu beschouwen als filosofie. De filosofen in de middeleeuwen worden behandeld. Zij vormden de schakel tussen oude vragen en de filosofen van de renaissance, waarbij zij een grotere nadruk legden op religie. De opkomst van de moderne filosofie krijgt ruime aandacht. Descartes stond aan de wieg van deze ontwikkeling. Het woord wordt gegeven aan de grondleggers en vertegenwoordigers van het rationalisme en de empirische stroming, maar ook aan de sceptici en hun duistere conclusies.Het verhaal gaat, gelukkig, nog steeds verder. U vindt in dit boek de gedachten die de moderne filosofie hebben gemaakt tot wat zij nu is en misschien ook wel tot wat zij zal worden. De filosofie ontwikkelt zich nog steeds verder. In De Grote Filosofen wordt zowel de huidige filosofische praktijk besproken als de geschiedenis die de hedendaagse filosofie mogelijk heeft gemaakt.

No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most.

William James, in his last great work Some Problems of Philosophy, wrote that philosophy ''sees the familiar as if it were strange, and the strange as if it were familiar. It can take things up and lay them down again. Its mind is full of air that plays round every subject . It rouses us from our native dogmatic slumber and breaks up our caked prejudices''.

This series shows how philosophical argument can be profoundly disconcerting in this way; how it leads people to question everything they thought they knew about existence, knowledge and ethics.

De filosofie is meer dan tweeduizend jaar oud. De Grote Filosofen volgt het spoor van de grootste denkers uit de belangrijkste stromingen binnen de filosofie door haar lange geschiedenis heen. Het begint bij de Oude Grieken en de vroege Romeinse filosofen, de eerste filosofische denkers in de westerse wereld, aan wie wij zoveel te danken hebben.Op heldere wijze wordt uitgelegd hoe wat hen bezig hield ook hun opvolgers ging boeien. Hoe hun antwoorden de basis legden voor datgene wat wij nu beschouwen als filosofie. De filosofen in de middeleeuwen worden behandeld. Zij vormden de schakel tussen oude vragen en de filosofen van de renaissance, waarbij zij een grotere nadruk legden op religie. De opkomst van de moderne filosofie krijgt ruime aandacht. Descartes stond aan de wieg van deze ontwikkeling. Het woord wordt gegeven aan de grondleggers en vertegenwoordigers van het rationalisme en de empirische stroming, maar ook aan de sceptici en hun duistere conclusies.Het verhaal gaat, gelukkig, nog steeds verder. U vindt in dit boek de gedachten die de moderne filosofie hebben gemaakt tot wat zij nu is en misschien ook wel tot wat zij zal worden. De filosofie ontwikkelt zich nog steeds verder. In De Grote Filosofen wordt zowel de huidige filosofische praktijk besproken als de geschiedenis die de hedendaagse filosofie mogelijk heeft gemaakt.