Pursuit of Philosophy

Some Cambridge Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Eleven Cambridge academics approach philosophy from various fields, to broaden its practical and theoretical applications. Guides a tour through various academic departments—including history, political science, classics, law, and English—to ferret out the philosophy in their syllabi, and to show philosophy's symbiotic relationship with other fieldsProvides a map of what philosophy is considered to be at Cambridge in the early twenty-first century, about a hundred years after the "founding fathers" of analytic philosophy reigned at CambridgeOffers useful new directions for the study and application of philosophy, and how other fields can influence them

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-08-24
Mått154 x 230 x 10 mm
Vikt304 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMetaphilosophy
Antal sidor192
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781118295182

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Alexis Papazoglou studied physics at Imperial College London and philosophy at the University of Cambridge and University College London. He is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Cambridge and has been a visiting graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. His doctoral thesis explores the relationship between reason and nature in Hegel’s philosophy, against the background of John McDowell’s Mind and World and naturalism.

Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction: Philosophy, Its Pitfalls, Some Rescue Plans, and Their Complications Alexis Papazoglou 11 Philosophy, Logic, Science, History Tim Crane 192 Philosophy and Its Pitfalls Jane Heal 373 A Surfeit of Naturalism Tim Lewens 454 What Is Realistic Political Philosophy? David Runciman 575 Bedlam or Parnassus: The Verse Idea Simon Jarvis 696 Philosophy, Early Modern Intellectual History, and the History of Philosophy Michael Edwards 817 Goals, Origins, Disciplines Raymond Geuss 958 Falling In and Out of Love with Philosophy John Forrester 1119 Forms of Reflection, Imagination, and the Love of Wisdom Douglas Hedley 12710 What Is Legal Philosophy? Matthew H. Kramer 13911 The Cambridge Revolt Against Idealism: Was There Ever an Eden? Fraser Macbride 149Index 161