Nicholas Bunnin, Jiyuan Yu

Broschiertes Buch

The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy

Beschreibung

The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy is a concisereference to the whole history of western philosophy, from ancientGreece to the present day.

Spans all the major branches of western philosophical inquiry,all of the key figures

Explains the meaning and usage of each philosophical concept ina fresh and engaging style

Each entry on philosophical terms concludes with anillustrative quotation from a significant philosopher, to enhancethe reader's understanding

Entries on terms and individual philosophers are fullycross-referenced

Co-written by the editor of the popular volume The BlackwellCompanion to Philosophy (Second Edition, 2002)

Autor

Nicholas Bunnin is Director of the Philosophy Project, Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford. He is the co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, second edition (Blackwell, 2002) and of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (Blackwell, 2002). Jiyuan Yu is Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo. He is the author of The Structureof Being in Aristotle (2003) and The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle: Mirrors of Virtue (2007), and the co-editor of Rationality and Happiness: From the Ancients to the Early Medievals (2003).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405191120
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1328g
• ISBN-13: 9781405191128
• ISBN-10: 1405191120
• Artikelnr.: 25614836

Rezensionen

"Its entries manage to avoid the obscurities of an exaggerated brevity without stretching themselves out as if seeking to embody whole miniature essays. In short it presents itself as a model of clarity and clarification." Alan Montefiore, Balliol College, Oxford "The style is fresh and engaging, and it gives a broad and accurate picture of the Western philosophical tradition. It is a pleasure to browse in even if one is not looking for an answer to a particular question." David Pears "The book makes for interesting browsing, and there is a lot of information to be found in it." Analytic Teaching "People studying philosophy- at higher levels of school and college and lower levels of university- will find the coverage here highly satisfying. Value for money of the best kind." Reference Reviews