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The Cambridge Companion to Plato (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
The Cambridge Companion to Plato (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
By Richard Kraut
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 576
* Publication Date: 1992-10-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521436109
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521436106
* Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and contemporaries, he was the first to bring them together by giving them a unitary treatment. This volume contains fourteen new essays discussing Plato’s views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion. There are also analyses of the intellectual and social background of his thought, the development of his philosophy throughout his career, the range of alternative approaches to his work, and the stylometry of his writing.
A Companion to Plato (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)
A Companion to Plato (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)
By Hugh H. Benson
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 496
* Publication Date: 2006-11-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405115211
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405115216
* Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
This broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from leading Platonic scholars and reflects the different ways in which they are dealing with Plato’s legacy.
Covers an exceptionally broad range of subjects from diverse perspectives.Contributions are devoted to topics, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology.Allows readers to see how a position advocated in one of Plato’s dialogues compares with positions advocated in others.Permits readers to engage the debate concerning Plato’s philosophical development on particular topics.Also includes overviews of Plato’s life, works and philosophical method.
A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)
A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy: 2 Volume Set (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy). 2ed Edition
By Robert E. Goodin, Philip Pettit, Thomas W. Pogge
* Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
* Number Of Pages: 952
* Publication Date: 2007-11-16
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405136537
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405136532
* Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today’s most distinguished scholars.
* New contributors include some of today’s most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle
* Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology
* Presents analysis of key political ideologies, including new chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism
Includes detailed discussions of major concepts in political philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just war
A Student’s Guide to Psychology, by Daniel N. Robinson
A Student’s Guide to Psychology, by Daniel N. Robinson, ISI Books, 2002.
Psychology is frequently the most popular major on campus, but it can also be the most treacherous. In this study guide, Daniel N. Robinson surveys the philosophical and historical roots of modern psychology and sketches the major schools and thinkers of the discipline. He also identifies those false prejudices—such as contempt for metaphysics and the notion that the mind can be reduced to the chemical processes of the brain—that so often perplex and mislead students of psychology. He ends by calling for psychology to investigate more intensively the problems of moral and civic development. Readers will find Robinson’s book to be an indispensable orientation to this culturally influential field.
Daniel N. Robinson is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University, a member of the philosophy faculty at Oxford University, and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. He is editor of The Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology and the author of many books, including An Intellectual History of Psychology and Aristotle’s Psychology.
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A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought, by George W. Carey
A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought, by George W. Carey, ISI Books, 2004.
Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations of the founders, the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the historical circumstances of the Declaration of Independence, the rise of the modern presidency, and the advent of judicial supremacy? These are a few of the fascinating questions canvassed by George W. Carey in A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought. Carey’s primer instructs students on the fundamental matters of American political theory while telling them where to turn to obtain a better grasp on the ideas that have shaped the American political heritage.
Dr. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. He is the author and editor of several works including In Defense of the Constitution and Freedom and Virtue. Dr. Carey is also editor of The Political Science Reviewer, an annual review of leading works in political science and related disciplines. In 2003, he was awarded the ISI Regnery Award for Distinguished Institutional Service.
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A Student’s Guide to U.S. History, by Wilfred M. McClay
A Student’s Guide to U.S. History, by Wilfred M. McClay, ISI Books, 2000.
No nation in modern history has had a more powerful sense of its own distinctiveness than the United States. Yet few Americans understand the immensely varied sources of that sense and the fascinating debates that have always swirled around our attempts to define “American” with greater precision. All too many have come to regard the study of their national history as tedious, just as they fail to embrace the past as something in which they must be consciously grounded. In this introduction to the study of U.S. history, Wilfred M. McClay invites us to experience the perennial freshness and vitality of this great subject as he explores some of the enduring commitments and persistent tensions that have made America what it is.
Wilfred M. McClay holds the SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in the Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America, which received the prestigious Merle Curti Award from the Organization of American Historians. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Academy of Education, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and was recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding educators in the Templeton Foundation Honor Rolls.
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A Student’s Guide to the Study of History, by John Lukacs
A Student’s Guide to the Study of History, by John Lukacs, ISI Books, 2000.
To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past—to remain ignorant of the deeds and writings of previous generations—is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John Lukacs, one of today’s most widely published historians, explains what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why it should be undertaken by today’s students. This study guide is an invitation to become a master of the historian’s craft.
John Lukacs taught history at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia until his recent retirement. He held visiting professorships at many universities, including Columbia, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania. A prolific author, he has written more than twenty books, including: Five Days in London, May 1940; A Thread of Years; The Hitler of History; and The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the recipient of many academic honors and awards.
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