SÃ ren Overgaard (University of Copenhagen), Paul Gilbert (University of Hull), Stephen Burwood (University of Hull)

An Introduction to Metaphilosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is philosophy? How should we do it and why? This book is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the branch of philosophy which asks these questions about itself - metaphilosophy. Essential reading for students and practitioners of philosophy and accessible to others interested in the subject.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780521175982
• ISBN-10: 0521175984
• Artikelnr.: 36684966

Autorenporträt

Søren Overgaard is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. He is the author of Husserl and Heidegger on Being in the World (2004) and Wittgenstein and Other Minds (2007) and co-editor (with Sebastian Luft) of The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: what good is metaphilosophy?; 2. What is philosophy?; 3. Philosophy, science and the humanities; 4. The data of philosophy; 5. Analytic and continental philosophy; 6. Philosophy and the pursuit of truth; 7. What is good philosophy?; 8. What good is philosophy?