Description
| Product ID: | 9781032317380 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Extreme Philosophy |
| Subtitle: | Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Hetherington |
| Page Count: | 310 |
| Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy of mind, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy of mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy of science |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Philosophy’s value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers twenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or ‘mad’ ideas. Philosophy’s value and power are greatly diminished when it operates within a too closely confined professional space. Extreme Philosophy: Bold Ideas and a Spirit of Progress serves as an antidote to the increasing narrowness of the field. It offers readers–including students and general readers–twenty internationally acclaimed philosophers who highlight and defend odd, extreme, or ‘mad’ ideas. The resulting conjectures are often provocative and bold, but always clear and accessible. Ideas discussed in the book, include:
In brief, the volume pursues adventures in philosophy. This spirit of philosophical risk-taking and openness to new, ‘large’ ideas were vital to philosophy’s ancient origins, and they may also be fertile ground today for philosophical progress. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-04-09 |
