Philosopher's Story

Name: Philosopher's Story
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ISBN: 9780271024905

ISBN-10: 0271024909

ISBN-13: 9780271024905

Edition: 1999

Authors: Morton White

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Although a great many memoirs are being published these days, this autobiography by Morton White has special significance because professional philosophers seldom write their memoirs and, when they do, they rarely produce books as engaging as this one. As historian of ideas and a philosopher, White is able to situate his life in the deeper and broader intellectual currents of his time, and therefore the story of his experiences at Columbia, Harvard, and the Institute for Advanced Study is a brilliantly conceived contribution to the history of American philosophy in the twentieth century. Readers concerned with the development of higher education will be fascinated by White's description of…

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 5/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Morton White is Professor of Philosophy and Intellectual History Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study. Earlier, he was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of more than twenty books including, most recently, "From a Philosophical Point of View" (Princeton).