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Informationen zum Autor Steven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for a decade as provost and vice president for The Office of Academic Affairs, then as acting president. He is the author or editor of nearly seventy books. Most recently he wrote Saints and Scamps: Ethics in Academia, 25th Anniversary Edition ; From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor ; Teaching Philosophy: A Guide; and Navigating Academic Life: How the System Works. He edited Morality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics; The Affirmative Action Debate; Moral Problems in Higher Education; and served as general editor of the fifteen-volume Rowman & Littlefield series Issues in Academic Ethics. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
