Talking philosophy : dialogues with fifteen leading philosophers / Bryan Magee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magee, Bryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers, Modern--20th century--Interviews.

Philosophers, Modern.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Based on a highly successful BBC television series, this book presents fifteen dialogues between author and broadcaster Bryan Magee and some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Isaiah Berlin considers the fundamental question, "What is philosophy?," A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism, and Iris Murdoch talks about the relation between philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science are all treated in depth by the thinkers who have shaped these fields--including Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, and Herbert Marcuse. Written in an informal, conversational style, even the most difficult philosophical ideas are made accessible to the general reader.

Contents:

Dialogue 1 An Introduction To Philosophy / The late Isaiah Berlin, formerly Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford 1

Dialogue 2 Marxist Philosophy / Charles Taylor (Professor of Political Science, McGill) 28

Dialogue 3 Marcuse And The Frankfurt School / The late Herbert Marcuse, formerly Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego (La Jolla) 43

Dialogue 4 Heidegger And Modern Existentialism / William Barrett (Professor of Philosophy, New York University) 56

Dialogue 5 The Two Philosophies Of Wittgenstein / Anthony Quinton (formerly President of Trinity College, Cambridge) 76

Dialogue 6 Logical Positivism And Its Legacy / The late A. J. Ayer (formerly Professor of Logic, Oxford) 94

Dialogue 7 The Spell Of Linguistic Philosophy / Bernard Williams (Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley) 110

Dialogue 8 Moral Philosophy / R. M. Hare (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Oxford and University of Florida) 125

Dialogue 9 The Ideas Of Quine / W. V. Quine (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Harvard) 142

Dialogue 10 The Philosophy Of Language / John Searle (Mills Professor of the Philosophy of the Mind, University of California, Berkeley) 153

Dialogue 11 The Ideas Of Chomsky / Noam Chomsky (Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 173

Dialogue 12 The Philosophy Of Science / Hilary Putnam (Professor of Philosophy, Harvard) 194

Dialogue 13 Philosophy And Politics / Ronald Dworkin (Professor of Jurisprudence, Oxford and Professor of Philosophy, New York University) 209

Dialogue 14 Philosophy And Literature / The late Iris Murdoch, formerly Fellow in Philosophy, St. Anne's College, Oxford 229

Dialogue 15 Philosophy: The Social Context / The late Ernest Gellner, formerly Professor of Philosophy with special reference to Sociology, London School of Economics 251.

Notes:

Orginally published: London : BBC, 1978.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0192854178

OCLC:

47676350