Philosophy's Future (eBook, PDF)

The Problem of Philosophical Progress
Redaktion: Blackford, Russell; Broderick, Damien

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophy's Future: The Problem of Philosophical Progress diagnoses the state of philosophy as an academic discipline and calls it to account, inviting further reflection and dialogue on its cultural value and capacity for future evolution. * Offers the most up-to-date treatment of the intellectual and cultural value of contemporary philosophy from a wide range of perspectives * Features contributions from distinguished philosophers such as Frank Jackson, Karen Green, Timothy Williamson, Jessica Wilson, and many others * Explores the ways philosophical investigations of logic, world, mind, and moral responsibility continue to shape the empirical and theoretical sciences * Considers the role of contemporary philosophy in political issues such as women's rights, the discrimination of minorities, and public health

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119210092
• Artikelnr.: 48565081

Autorenporträt

Russell Blackford is an Australian philosopher, legal scholar, and literary critic based at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. His many books include Freedom of Religion and the Secular State (Wiley Blackwell, 2012), Humanity Enhanced: Genetic Choice and the Challenge for Liberal Democracies (2014), and The Mystery of Moral Authority (2016). Damien Broderick is an award-winning Australian science and fiction writer, editor, and critical theorist, and a former Senior Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. He is the author or editor of some 70 books including, as co-editor with Russell Blackford, Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Artificial Minds (Wiley Blackwell, 2014).