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