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Philosophy Bites Back
Philosophy Bites Back
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  • Interviews with an excellent line-up of philosophers from Britain and North America
  • Explores the work and ideas of the most important thinkers in western philosophy
  • Lively, engaging, and accessible—will communicate philosophy to a broad readership

  
Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. From the ancient classics of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the groundbreaking modern thought of Wittgenstein, Rawls, and Derrida, this volume spans over two and a half millennia of western philosophy and illuminates its most fascinating ideas. 
   
Philosophy Bites was set up in 2007 by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. It has had over 12 million downloads, and is listened to all over the world.
 
 
REVIEW:
"a stimulating introduction to thinkers and themes for students and general readers alike" - P D Smith, The Guardian

Index: 

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

About the author: 

David Edmonds, Oxford University, BBC, and Nigel Warburton, Open University
 
 
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.
 
 
Contributors:

Sarah Bakewell, City University in London
Richard Bourke, Queen Mary, University of London
John Campbell, University of California, Berkeley
Clare Carlisle, King's College, London
John Dunn, Cambridge University
David Edmonds, Oxford University, BBC
A. C. Grayling, New College of the Humanities, London
Angie Hobbs, University of Warwick
Terence Irwin, Oxford University
Susan James, Birkbeck College, University of London
Anthony Kenny, Oxford University
Chandran Kukathas, London School of Economics
Melissa Lane, Princeton University
Mary Margaret McCabe, King's College London
Hugh Mellor, Cambridge University
Peter Millican, Oxford University
A.W. Moore, Oxford University
Nicholas Phillipson, Edinburgh University
Richard Reeves, Director of Strategy, Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Aaron Ridley, University of Southampton
Peter Singer Princeton University/ University of Melbourne
Quentin Skinner, Queen Mary, University of London
Barry C. Smith, Institute of Philosophy, University of London
Robert Rowland Smith, independent writer and broadcaster
Robert Stern, University of Sheffield
Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University
Nigel Warburton, Open University
Mary Warnock, House of Lords
Jonathan Wolff, University College London

Product details

ISBN : 9780198705963

Author: 
David Edmonds; Nigel Warburton
Pages
304 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
128 x 197 mm
Pub date
May 2014
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Philosophy Bites Back

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