100 Great Philosophers Who Changed the World Contributor(s): Stokes, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789509165 ISBN-13: 9781789509168 Publisher: Arcturus Editions OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Individual Philosophers - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.5" W x 10.1" (1.50 lbs) 208 pages |
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Publisher Description: Who am I? What is justice? What does it mean to live a good life? - Aristotle - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Karl Marx - Simone de Beauvoir - Noam Chomsky - W.V.O Quine By presenting details of their lives and the concerns and circumstances that motivated them, this book makes philosophy come to life as a relevant and meaningful approach to thinking about the contemporary world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stokes, Philip: - Philip Stokes graduated with a BA(Hons) in Philosophy from the University of Reading in 1993, and gained his Masters degree from Bristol University in 1995. His Masters dissertation was a critique of Quine from a Wittgensteinian perspective. After working for several years in academic publishing, Philip returned to academia proper, beginning his PhD at the University of Reading, where he was Course tutor within the Department of Continuing Education at Reading. In 2005 he took up a post at Chulalongkom University in Thailand, where he is a member of the Language Faculty. |