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The pursuit of philosophy : some Cambridge perspectives / edited by Alexis Papazoglou.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Papazoglou, Alexis.
Series:
Metaphilosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophy, British--20th century.
Philosophy, British.
Philosophy, English--20th century.
Philosophy, English.
Philosophy--Study and teaching (Higher)--England--Cambridge.
Philosophy.
University of Cambridge. Faculty of Philosophy.
University of Cambridge.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (179 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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 usef
Contents:
The Pursuit of Philosophy; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: PHILOSOPHY, ITS PITFALLS, SOME RESCUE PLANS, AND THEIR COMPLICATIONS; 1 PHILOSOPHY, LOGIC, SCIENCE, HISTORY; 2 PHILOSOPHY AND ITS PITFALLS; 3 A SURFEIT OF NATURALISM; 4 WHAT IS REALISTIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY?; 5 BEDLAM OR PARNASSUS: THE VERSE IDEA; 6 PHILOSOPHY, EARLY MODERN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY; 7 GOALS, ORIGINS, DISCIPLINES; 8 FALLING IN AND OUT OF LOVE WITH PHILOSOPHY; 9 FORMS OF REFLECTION, IMAGINATION, AND THE LOVE OF WISDOM; 10 WHAT IS LEGAL PHILOSOPHY?
11 THE CAMBRIDGE REVOLT AGAINST IDEALISM: WAS THERE EVER AN EDEN?INDEX
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613766946
9781118295236
1118295234
9781280995330
1280995335
9781118295229
1118295226
9781118295212
1118295218
9781118295243
1118295242
OCLC:
799768981

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