Talking Philosophy: Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers

ISBN-13: 9780192854179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str.

Bryan Magee

Opis

Based on a highly successful BBC television series, this book presents fifteen dialogues between author and broadcaster Bryan Magee and some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.
Isaiah Berlin considers the fundamental question, "What is philosophy?," A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism, and Iris Murdoch talks about the relation between philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science are all treated in depth by the thinkers who have shaped these fields--including Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, and Herbert Marcuse. Written in an informal, conversational style, even the most difficult philosophical ideas are made accessible to the general reader.

Recenzje

Review from previous edition 'Intellectual instruction and entertainment of a high order'

O autorze

Bryan Magee was educated at Oxford, and has held academic positions at Yale University, King's College London, and Oxford University. He is an independent writer, critic, and broadcaster. His many books include The Great Philosophers, Confessions of a Philosopher, The Story of Philosophy, and Aspects of Wagner.