The Oxford Companion to Philosophy - Nouvelle édition

Zusatztext that rarest of things: a philosophical work that is genuinely entertaining ... by far the best - and best value - philosophical reference book on the market.' Informationen zum Autor Ted Honderich is Emeritus Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London. He was born in Canada and educated in Toronto and London. His major work is A Theory of Determinism: The Mind, Neuroscience, and Life-Hopes, published by the Clarendon Press in 1988 and subsequently issued in two paperback volumes. He addresses the same subject for a more general readership in How Free are You? (1993). He is also known for his writings on political philosophy, and for the widely successful philosophy readers which he has edited. Klappentext Offering clear and reliable guidance to the ideas of philosophers from antiquity to the present day and to the major philosophical systems around the globe, this is the definitive philosophical reference work for readers at all levels. Zusammenfassung Presents a philosophical reference work. In this edition, an international assembly of 249 philosophers has contributed almost 2,000 entries. It offers discussions of the aspects of philosophy, and of the lives and work of the great philosophers. It is meant as an introduction for general readers and as a guide for students.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Honderich
• Assisted by: Ted Honderich (Editor), Ted (Emeritus Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic Honderich (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2005
• EAN: 9780199264797
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926479-7
• No. of pages: 1056
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 240 mm x 47 mm
• Series: Oxford Companions; Oxford Companions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophie, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Reference