A New History of Western Philosophy: In Four Parts
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A New History of Western Philosophy: In Four Parts
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These contradictions led on to the work of Kant, who denied both pure reason and the pure experience of the material world - but this led him to become trapped between "realism" (the denial of ideas alone) and "idealism" (the denial of knowledge of things-in-themselves); a. These more biographical chapters are followed by nine topical chapters, where many of the views and developments adumbrated in the bio-centric chapters are explored and explained at greater length. Unrivaled in its authority and range, the book is ideal for anyone with an interest in Western thought. This is the first of four volumes in which he unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy.
There were a few explanations of theories that were not particularly clear and could have been helped with illustrations or perhaps an alternative approach to explain it. Indeed, Kenny is well aware that the idea that there is such a gap is itself only a recent development. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.
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The structure — some initial chapters that present an outline of the period covered by that volume, followed by thematic chapters dedicated to each core topic — was very useful. That Kenny found no place for further discussion of Sartre's views in, for example, the chapters devoted to the philosophy of mind and to ethics does both Sartre and his own exposition a disservice. Newly revised and expanded for a special 20 th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20 th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Other reviewers thought this brilliant, so it probably is, but after reading the Coppleston series years ago and Betrand Russell's histories, I got lazy. It's too dense for me to read in one go, so I thought I will use it as a reference for particular philosophers I am engaging with at the time. The first section concerns with the intellectual history that gave some brief summaries of and historical background behind the philosophical views. I am surprised that there are so many negative reviews of this excellent book; it seems most unfair and dishonest.
There are numerous other philosophy books in the market, with titles like ‘Philosophy for Dummies’ or ‘100 Philosophical Ideas You Must Know’.
A New History of Western Philosophy is a 2010 book by the British philosopher and theologian Anthony Kenny, consisting of a history of Western philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the present day. A History of Western Philosophy by Russell is essentially out of the question by many philosophers today due to the bias and inaccuracies present in it.
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