What makes a philosopher great? : thirteen arguments for twelve philosophers / edited by Stephen Hetherington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hetherington, Stephen Cade, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

x, 272 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

1 Philosophical Greatness: Introducing the Very Idea p. 1 / Stephen Hetherington

2 Plato, Platonism, and the History of Philosophy p. 12 / Lloyd P. Gerson

3 Zhuangzi's Suggestiveness: Skeptical Questions p. 30 / Karyn Lai

4 Aristole as Systematic Philosopher: Essence, Necessity, and Explanation in Theory and Practice p. 48 / David Bronstein

5 Attention to Greatness: Buddhaghosa p. 67 / Jonardon Ganeri

6 Aquinas's Complex Web p. 86 / Jeffrey Hause

7 Descartes as a Great Philosopher: Comprehensive Physics, Methodological Systematicity, and Mechanistic Embodiment p. 104 / Gary Hatfield

8 Émilie Du Châtelet on Women's Minds and Education p. 128 / Karen Detlefsen

9 What's So Great About Hume? p. 148 / Don Garrett

10 Is Kant a Great Moral Philosopher? p. 169 / Allen Wood

11 'How Is Metaphysics Possible?': Kant's Great Question and His Great Answer p. 187 / Nicholas F. Stang

12 Nietzsche, This Time It's Personal p. 211 / Ken Gemes

13 What Makes Peirce a Great Pliilosopher? p. 227 / Cheryl Misak

14 Wittgenstein's Un-Ruley Solution to the Problem of Philosophy p. 246 / David Macarthur.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138936157

1138936154

9781138936164

1138936162

OCLC:

1003268114