Read more
Presenting an unparalleled collection of primary texts in two flexible, portable volumes,
The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy also provides the rich editorial apparatus-introductions, headnotes, explanatory annotations, bibliographies-for which Norton Anthologies have been known and trusted by professors and students alike for more than fifty years. A comprehensive history of both the European interpretive tradition in one volume and the Anglo-American analytic tradition in the other, this anthology belongs on every philosopher's bookshelf.
About the author
Richard Schacht is General Editor of The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy and Editor of the first of its two After Kant volumes, The Interpretive Tradition. He is Professor of Philosophy and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Emeritus) at the University of Illinois. His books include Nietzsche (1983); Making Sense of Nietzsche (1995); Hegel and After (1975); Alienation (1970); The Future of Alienation (1994); and Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring (2004, with Philip Kitcher). He is editor of Nietzsche: Selections (1993); Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality (1994); and Nietzsche's Postmoralism (2001).James Conant is Co-Editor of the second of The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy’s two After Kant volumes, The Analytic Tradition. He is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. His books include Nietzsche: Perfektionismus and Perspektivismus (2014), Orwell ou le Pouvoir de la Verité(2012) and (with Cora Diamond) Rileggere Wittgenstein (2010). He has edited two volumes of Hilary Putnam's papers (Realism with a Human Face, 1992; Words and Life, 1995) and co-edited (with John Haugeland) one volume of Thomas Kuhn's papers (The Road Since Structure, 2000).Jay R. Elliott is Co-Editor of the second of The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy’s two After Kant volumes, The Analytic Tradition. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Classical Studies at Bard College.Richard Schacht is General Editor of The Norton Anthology of Western Philosophy and Editor of the first of its two After Kant volumes, The Interpretive Tradition. He is Professor of Philosophy and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Emeritus) at the University of Illinois. His books include Nietzsche (1983); Making Sense of Nietzsche (1995); Hegel and After (1975); Alienation (1970); The Future of Alienation (1994); and Finding an Ending: Reflections on Wagner's Ring (2004, with Philip Kitcher). He is editor of Nietzsche: Selections (1993); Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality (1994); and Nietzsche's Postmoralism (2001).
