Philosophy 2 Further Through the Subject

by Grayling, A. C.

• ISBN13: 9780198751793
• ISBN10: 0198751796
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject is a lively and authoritative guide through important areas of philosophy that are typically studied in the later parts of an undergraduate course. It is a companion to the highly successful Philosophy: A Guide Through the Subject; together the twovolumes provide a complete accompaniment to the study of philosophy, orientating and assisting the reader at every stage. Thirteen extended essays have been specially commissioned, each introducing a major area and giving an accessible, sophisticated, and up to date account of the main debates. The authors include leading figures in contemporary philosophy. The first seven essays cover the philosophies of language,psychology, religion, and the natural and social sciences. The second part of the book completes the guide through the history of philosophy which was started in the first volume, and covers such famous thinkers as Aquinas, Kant, Hegel, Russell, and Wittgenstein. Full annotated bibliographies areprovided to serve as guides for further reading. This book is intended to be as valuable at the end of a course of study as at the beginning: the essays are not just informative but stimulating and engaging. Their aim is to draw the reader deep into the practice of philosophy today.

Author Biography

A. C. Grayling is Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. His publications include Wittgenstein (OUP, 1988), Russell (OUP,1996), both in the Past Masters Series, and Philosophy: A Guide Through the Subject (OUP, 1995).

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors	vii
Editor's Introduction	1	(3)
The Philosophy of Psychology	4	(68)
Ned Block
Gabriel Segal
The Philosophy of Language	72	(50)
Christopher Peacocke
The Philosophy of Mathematics	122	(75)
Michael Dummett
Philosophy and the Natural Sciences	197	(70)
John Worrall
The Philosophy of Religion	267	(84)
M. W. F. Stone
Political Philosophy	351	(69)
Alan Ryan
The Philosophy of the Social Sciences	420	(50)
David-Hillel Ruben
Later Ancient Philosophy	470	(47)
David Mitchell
Medieval Philosophy	517	(57)
Christopher Hughes
Kant	574	(89)
Sebastian Gardner
Continental Philosophy From Hegel	663	(42)
Michael Rosen
Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein	705	(88)
A. C. Grayling
Bernhard Weiss
Indian Philosophy	793	(56)
Paul Williams
Index	849