| The Impulse to Philosophise Contributor(s): Griffiths, A. Phillips (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521439817 ISBN-13: 9780521439817 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: What impulses lead us to ask philosophical questions and pursue philosophical enquiry? In a series of stimulating essays fourteen distinguished thinkers examine philosophy and their own engagement with it. Titles such as "How philosophers (who lose their faith) redefine their subject," "Philosophical plumbing," "Putting into order what we already know" and "Is philosophy a 'theory of everything'?" indicate the range of topics and the lively and provocative ways in which they are tackled. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 100 |
| LCCN: 92031667 |
| Series: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.32" W x 9.15" (0.87 lbs) 248 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What impulses lead us to ask philosophical questions and pursue philosophical enquiry? In a series of stimulating essays fourteen distinguished thinkers examine philosophy and their own engagement with it. Titles such as How philosophers (who lose their faith) redefine their subject, Philosophical plumbing, Putting into order what we already know and Is philosophy a 'theory of everything'? indicate the range of topics and the lively and provocative ways in which they are tackled. |
