Philosophy: Principles and Problems - Softcover

Scruton, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826494455 ISBN 13: 9780826494450

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2006

Synopsis

This is a personal view of philosophy from a renowned critic and thinker. In it, Roger Scruton focuses on the ideas and arguments which have attracted him to the subject and which have engaged his attention. He attempts to show how philosophy is relevant not just to intellectual questions, but to life in the modern world. Philosophy - the "love of wisdom" - can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or, by studying how it has been done. The second way is familiar to university students, who find themselves confronted by the largest body of literature ever devoted to a single subject. This book follows a more ancient pattern. It attempts to teach philosophy by doing it. Although the author refers to the great philosophers, and in particular to Kant and Wittgenstein, who have been the greatest influence on his thinking, he gives no reliable guide to their arguments. The book makes no attempt to give either a history or a survey of the subject. Instead, it offers itself as a guide to the reader who is prepared to make a personal venture into philosophy. Its aim is to bring philosophy to life.

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About the Author

Roger Scruton is a philosopher and writer. Formerly Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London and Visiting Professor at Boston College, USA. He now lives as a freelance writer in Wiltshire. He has published The West and the Rest and News from Somewhere with Continuum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826494455
• ISBN 13: 9780826494450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168