The Philosopher (eBook)

A History in Six Types

Justin Smith-Ruiu (Autor)

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2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400880577 (ISBN)

Infos

Justin E. H. Smith is university professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Université Paris Diderot-Paris VII. He is the author of Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy and Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life (both Princeton). He writes frequently for the New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Cabinet Magazine, and other publications.

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How the role of the philosopher has changed over time and across cultures-and what it reveals about philosophy todayWhat would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions-ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new way of looking at the history of philosophy by bringing to life six kinds of figures who have occupied the role of philosopher in a wide range of societies around the world over the millennia-the Natural Philosopher, the Sage, the Gadfly, the Ascetic, the Mandarin, and the Courtier. The result is at once an unconventional introduction to the global history of philosophy and an original exploration of what philosophy has been-and perhaps could be again.By uncovering forgotten or neglected philosophical job descriptions, the book reveals that philosophy is a universal activity, much broader-and more gender inclusive-than we normally think today. In doing so, The Philosopher challenges us to reconsider our idea of what philosophers can do and what counts as philosophy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.5.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 7 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: Adina • Age of Enlightenment • Allusion • American Philosophy • Analytic philosophy • Animism • aphorism • Aristotle • Asceticism • Atheism • Axial Age • Bertrand Russell • Buddhism • buddhism and christianity • Career • Consciousness • critique • Democritus • Determination • D. Graham Burnett • dialectical materialism • epicurus • Epistemology • ethics • etymology • Existence • Existentialism • Experimental Philosophy • Expert • Explanation • Form of life (philosophy) • Good and evil • Henry More • Humanities • human science • Immanuel Kant • Inclination (ethics) • Indian Philosophy • Individualism • inference • Ipso facto • Jacques Derrida • John Rawls • Literature • Materialism • Metaphor • Methodology • modern philosophy • Mutatis mutandis • narrative • Natural magic • Natural Philosophy • Natural science • of education • Ontology • Paul Guyer • phenomenon • Philosopher • philosophical progress • Philosophy • Philosophy of Life • philosophy of science • Philosophy Today • Political Philosophy • Positivism • Potentiality and actuality • practical philosophy • Pragmatism • Pre-Socratic Philosophy • Principle • Prose • Rationality • reason • Religion • result • Sanskrit • SCHOLASTICISM • school of thought • Science • SOPHISM • Sophist • Stephen Menn • Steve • Stoicism • Suggestion • Theology • theory • The Other Hand • The Philosopher • The Various • Thomas Aquinas • Thought • treatise • Truth • Understanding • Upanishads • Vaidya • Western Philosophy • Writing • Writing Process
• ISBN-13: 9781400880577 / 9781400880577