The Pursuit of Philosophy
Alexis Papazoglou
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Description for The Pursuit of Philosophy
Paperback. In this enlightening look into what constitutes philosophy, eleven Cambridge academics approach the question "What is philosophy?" from a variety of vantage points. Editor(s): Papazoglou, Alexis. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
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 fields
- Provides 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 Cambridge
- Offers useful new directions for the study and application of philosophy, and how other fields can influence them
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Series
Metaphilosophy
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118295182
SKU
V9781118295182
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Ref
99-24
About Alexis Papazoglou
Alexis Papazoglou studied physics at Imperial College London and philosophy at the University of Cambridge and University College London. He is a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy at the University of Cambridge and has been a visiting graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. His doctoral thesis explores the relationship between reason and nature in Hegel’s ... Read more
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