Talking Philosophy Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers

Name: Talking Philosophy Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers
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ISBN: 9780192854179

ISBN-10: 0192854178

ISBN-13: 9780192854179

Edition: 2001

Authors: Bryan Magee

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This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It is based on a highly successful BBC television series which had enormous impact. The informality and clarity of the conversational form makes even the most difficult ideas accessible to the general reader. Isaiah Berlin opens by considering the fundamental question 'What is philosophy?' Subsequent conversations examine such widely different schools as Marxism and existentialism. Chomsky, Quine, Marcuse, and others discuss their own work; A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism; Iris Murdoch talks about the relation between philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy,…

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List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Bryan Magee has had a distinguished career as a university professor, music and theater critic, member of Parliament, and author. He is well known for two popular BBC television series on philosophy. Among his internationally acclaimed books are The Story of Philosophy, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer, and Aspects of Wagner. He lives in London.



Preface




An Introduction To Philosophy



Marxist Philosophy




Marcuse And The Frankfurt School



Heidegger And Modern Existentialism




The Two Philosophies Of Wittgenstein




Logical Positivism And Its Legacy




The Spell Of Linguistic Philosophy




Moral Philosophy




The Ideas Of Quine




The Philosophy Of Language




The Ideas Of Chomsky




The Philosophy Of Science




Philosophy And Politics




Philosophy And Literature



Philosophy: The Social Context


Suggestions For Further Reading


Index