Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy

Herausgeber: Schliesser, Eric

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What makes for a philosophical classic? Why do some philosophical works persist over time, while others do not? The philosophical canon and diversity are topics of major debate today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780199928927
• ISBN-10: 0199928924
• Artikelnr.: 47867094

Autorenporträt

Eric Schliesser is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and visiting Professor of Philosophy & Moral Sciences at Ghent University. He works on early modern philosophy and science, political theory, well as philosophy of economics. He has edited volumes on Adam Smith and Isaac Newton, as well as Sympathy: A History (OUP 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Editor's Acknowledgments
Author Biographies
Eric Schliesser: "Introduction: on Being a Classic in Philosophy"
1. Rachel Barney: Gorgias' Encomium of Helen
2. Ryan Hanley: Fénelon's Telemachus
3. Elisabeth Anderson: Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice
4. Frederick Beiser: Lotze's Mikrokosmus
5. Michael Della Rocca: Bradley's Appearance and Reality
6. Sally Haslanger: Jane Addams' "Women and Public Housekeeping"
7. Alan Richardson: Cassirer's Substance Concept and Functional Concept
8. Kris McDaniel: Edith Stein: On the Problem of Empathy
9. Chike Jeffers: W.E.B Du Bois' Whither Now and Why
10. Daniel Dennett: Jonathan Bennett's Rationality
Index