Philosophy Bites Back - David Edmonds

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Résumé :
A sparkling, original tour through 2,500 years of Western thought, from Socrates to Derrida, from happiness and love in ancient Greece to truth and forgiveness in the twentieth century. Twenty-seven of today's leading philosophers each introduce and explore ideas from one of history's greatest minds.

Biographie:
David Edmonds is an award-winning documentary maker for the BBC World Service. He is the author or co-author (with John Eidinow) of several books, including Wittgenstein's Poker (short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award), Bobby Fischer Goes To War (long-listed for the Samuel Johnson prize), and Rousseau's Dog (about the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume). He is currently a Research Associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a Contributing Editor for Prospect Magazine.


Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, podcaster, and writer. His books include A Little History of Philosophy, Philosophy: the Basics, Thinking from A to Z, Philosophy: the Classics, The Art Question, and Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction. He runs several weblogs including virtualphilosopher.com and artandallusion.com.


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Sommaire:

• Introduction: 'Who Is Your Favourite Philosopher?'


• 1: Mary Margaret McCabe on Socrates and the Paradox of Inquiry


• 2: Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love


• 3: Terence Irwin on Aristotle's Ethics


• 4: Anthony Kenny on Aquinas' Ethics


• 5: Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli's The Prince


• 6: Sarah Bakewell on Montaigne


• 7: A. C. Grayling on Descartes' Cogito


• 8: Susan James on Spinoza on the emotions


• 9: John Dunn on Locke on Toleration


• 10: John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle


• 11: Peter Millican on Hume's Significance


• 12: Nicholas Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings are Like


• 13: Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Modern Society


• 14: Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on Politics


• 15: A. W. Moore on Kant's Metaphysics


• 16: Robert Stern on Hegel on Dialectic


• 17: Richard Reeves on Mill on Liberty


• 18: Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling


• 19: Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth


• 20: Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's Ethics


• 21: Robert B. Talisse on the Pragmatists


• 22: Barry C. Smith on Wittgenstein


• 23: Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on Truth


• 24: Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism


• 25: Chandran Kukathas on Hayek


• 26: Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls


• 27: Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness