
Being a Philosopher
The History of a Practice
David W. Hamlyn(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. June 1992
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-0-415-02968-1 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 2004. In a wider sense this book is a history of philosophy as an institution, not a set of beliefs. The author presents the view that it might indeed be argued that it is the institutionalization of philosophy that has worked to its disadvantage. Is it not the case that the two greatest philosophers in Britain this century-Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein- had at most a somewhat tangential relation with universities? May not real philosophical progress depend on a relative freedom from such an institutionalized framework? These are questions which are considered and this book tries to answer.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-02968-1 (9780415029681)
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Person
David W. Hamlyn Birkbeck College
Content
Preface, Introduction, 1. THE ANCIENT GREEKS, 2. THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, 3. THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES, 4. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 5. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 6. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, 7. CONCLUSION, Notes, Index