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Philosopher A Kind Of Life
Engelsk Hardback
Philosopher A Kind Of Life
Engelsk Hardback

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The story of Ted Honderich, philosopher, a story of a perilous philosophical life, marked by critical examination, and a compelling personal life full of human drama. This is the story of Ted Honderich''s perilous progress from boyhood in Canada to the Grote Professorship of Mind and Logic at University College London, A. J. Ayer''s chair. It is compelling, candid and revealing about the beginning and the goal, and everything in between: early work as a journalist on The Toronto Star, travels with Elvis Presley, arrival in Britain, loves and friendships, academic rivalries and battles, marriages and affairs, self-interest and empathy. It sets out resolutely to explain how and why it all happened.

It is as much a narrative of Ted Honderich''s philosophy. He makes hard problems real. Philosophy from consciousness and determinism to political violence and democracy comes into sharp focus.

Along the way, questions keep coming up. Does the free marriage owe anything to the analytic philosophy? What are the costs of truth? Are the politics of England slowly making it an ever-better place? Is an action''s rightness independent of the mixture of motives out of which it came?

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
468
ISBN-13:
9780415236973
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0415236975
Udg. Dato:
30 okt 2000
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
234mm
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato:
30 okt 2000
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