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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139690403321

Titolo

The pursuit of philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : some Cambridge perspectives / / edited by Alexis Papazoglou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-29523-4

1-280-99533-5

9786613766946

1-118-29522-6

1-118-29521-8

1-118-29524-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Metaphilosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

PapazoglouAlexis

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Philosophy, British - 20th century

Philosophy, English - 20th century

Philosophy - Study and teaching (Higher) - England - Cambridge

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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