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Questioning : a new history of western philosophy / Gideon Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Gideon, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Question (Logic).
- Questioning--Philosophy.
- Questioning.
- Philosophy--History.
- Philosophy.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Gideon Baker provides a gripping genealogy of Western philosophy as a history of questioning. From Socrates to Judith Butler, he reveals the ancient in the modern and reflects on newer questions, like: is human being uniquely defined by questioning? And does the negativity of questioning lead to nihilistic despair?
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. SOCRATES
- 2. DIOGENES
- 3. PLATO
- 4. ARISTOTLE
- 5. EPICURUS
- 6. PLOTINUS
- 7. AUGUSTINE
- 8. DUNS SCOTUS
- 9. ECKHART
- 10. SPINOZA
- 11. KANT
- 12. KIERKEGAARD
- 13. NIETZSCHE
- 14. HEIDEGGER
- 15. WEIL
- 16. ARENDT
- 17. BADIOU
- 18. BUTLER
- Glosses
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-9809-4
- 1-4744-9808-6
- OCLC:
- 1343103843
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