Talking Philosophy: Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192854178 ISBN 13: 9780192854179

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Based on a highly successful BBC television series, this book presents fifteen dialogues between author and broadcaster Bryan Magee and some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.

Isaiah Berlin considers the fundamental question, "What is philosophy?," A. J. Ayer reviews logical positivism, and 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 who have shaped these fields--including Noam Chomsky, W. V. O. Quine, and Herbert Marcuse. Written in an informal, conversational style, even the most difficult philosophical ideas are made accessible to the general reader.

About this title

About the Author:

Bryan Magee has held academic positions at Yale University, King's College London, and Oxford University. He is an independent writer, critic, and broadcaster whose many books include The Great Philosophers, Confessions of a Philosopher, and Aspects of Wagner.

Review:

Review from previous edition: "Intellectual instruction and entertainment of a high order"--Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0192854178
• ISBN 13: 9780192854179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Magee Bryan