Bryan Magee: Preface 1. Isaiah Berlin: An Introduction to Philosophy 2. Charles Taylor: Marxist Philosophy 3. Herbert Marcuse: Marcuse and the Frankfurt School 4. William Barrett: Heidegger and Modern Existentialism 5. Anthony Quinton: The Two Philosophies of Wittgenstein 6. A. J. Ayer: Logical Positivism and its Legacy 7. Bernard Williams: The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy 8. R. M. Hare: Moral Philosophy 9. W. V. O. Quine: The Ideas of Quine 10. John Searle: The Philosophy of Language 11. Noam Chomsky: The Ideas of Chomsky 12. Hilary Putnam: The Philosophy of Science 13. Ronald Dworkin: Philosophy and Politics 14. Iris Murdoch: Philosophy and Literature 15. Ernest Gellner: Philosophy: The Social Context Suggestions for Further Reading
This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It includes contributions from Isaiah Berlin, Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, A. J. Ayer, Iris Murdoch, and Herbert Marcuse.
Bryan Magee: Preface 1. Isaiah Berlin: An Introduction to Philosophy 2. Charles Taylor: Marxist Philosophy 3. Herbert Marcuse: Marcuse and the Frankfurt School 4. William Barrett: Heidegger and Modern Existentialism 5. Anthony Quinton: The Two Philosophies of Wittgenstein 6. A. J. Ayer: Logical Positivism and its Legacy 7. Bernard Williams: The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy 8. R. M. Hare: Moral Philosophy 9. W. V. O. Quine: The Ideas of Quine 10. John Searle: The Philosophy of Language 11. Noam Chomsky: The Ideas of Chomsky 12. Hilary Putnam: The Philosophy of Science 13. Ronald Dworkin: Philosophy and Politics 14. Iris Murdoch: Philosophy and Literature 15. Ernest Gellner: Philosophy: The Social Context Suggestions for Further Reading
This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It includes contributions from Isaiah Berlin, Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, A. J. Ayer, Iris Murdoch, and Herbert Marcuse.
This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It is based on a highly successful BBC television series which had enormous impact. The informality and clarity of the conversational form makes even the most difficult ideas accessible to the general reader.Isaiah Berlin opens by considering the fundamental question 'What is philosophy?' Subsequent conversations examinesuch widely different schools as Marxism and existentialism. Chomsky, Quine, Marcuse, and others discuss their own work; A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism; Iris Murdoch talks about the relationbetween philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science are all treated in depth by the thinkers whose work has shaped the fields.
“Review from previous edition: "Intellectual instruction and entertainment of a high order"--Observer”
`Review from previous edition 'Intellectual instruction and entertainment of a high order''Observer
Bryan Magee was educated at Oxford, and has held academic positions at Yale University, King's College London, and Oxford University. He is an independent writer, critic, and broadcaster. His many books include The Great Philosophers, Confessions of a Philosopher, The Story of Philosophy, and Aspects of Wagner.
This book consists of fifteen dialogues between Bryan Magee and some of the outstanding thinkers of the twentieth century. It is based on a highly successful BBC television series which had enormous impact. The informality and clarity of the conversational form makes even the most difficult ideas accessible to the general reader.Isaiah Berlin opens by considering the fundamental question 'What is philosophy?' Subsequent conversations examine such widely different schools as Marxism and existentialism. Chomsky, Quine, Marcuse, and others discuss their own work; A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism; Iris Murdoch talks about the relation between philosophy and literature. Moral philosophy, political philosophy, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science are all treated in depth by the thinkers whose work has shaped the fields.
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