Portraits of American Philosophy

In Portraits of American Philosophy, eight of America's most prominent philosophers offer autobiographical narratives that remind us that the life of a scholar is both a tale of personal struggle and an adventure in ideas.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

About the Contributors

1. A Life in Philosophy
Nicholas Wolterstorff

2. Sixty Years of Philosophy in a Life
J. B. Schneewind

3. How It Was
Judith Jarvis Thomson

4. A Philosopher's Calling
Ruth Barcan Marcus

5. The Romance of Philosophy
Richard J. Bernstein

6. Reflections of My Career in Philosophy
Harry Frankfurt

7. God and Evil Among the Philosophers
Marilyn McCord Adams

8. Unnatural Lotteries and Diversity in Philosophy
Claudia Card

Index

About the author

Steven M. Cahn is professor of philosophy at The Graduate Center at CUNY and president of the John Dewey Foundation.

Summary

In Portraits of American Philosophy, eight of America's most prominent philosophers offer autobiographical narratives that remind us that the life of a scholar is both a tale of personal struggle and an adventure in ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Steven M. Cahn
• Assisted by: Steven M. Cahn (Editor), Cahn Steven M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2013
• EAN: 9781442223332
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2333-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; USA, American Studies, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, United States of America, USA, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -