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What makes for a philosophical classic? Why do some philosophical works persist over time, while others do not? The philosophical canon and diversity are topics of major debate today. This stimulating volume contains ten new essays by accomplished philosophers writing passionately about works in the history of philosophy that they feel were unjustly neglected or ignored-and why they deserve greater attention. The essays cover lesser known works by famous thinkers as well as works that were once famous but now only faintly remembered. Works examined include Gorgias' Encomium of Helen, Jane Adams' Women and Public Housekeeping, W.E.B. DuBois' Whither Now and Why, Edith Stein's On the Problem of Empathy, Jonathan Bennett's Rationality, and more.
While each chapter is an expression of engagement with an individual work, the volume as a whole, and Eric Schliesser's introduction specifically, address timely questions about the nature of philosophy, disciplinary contours, and the vagaries of canon formation.
Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy
by Schliesser, EricFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2016-10-21
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Author Biography
Eric Schliesser is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and visiting Professor of Philosophy & Moral Sciences at Ghent University. He works on early modern philosophy and science, political theory, well as philosophy of economics. He has edited volumes on Adam Smith and Isaac Newton, as well as Sympathy: A History (OUP 2015).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Editor's Acknowledgments
Author Biographies
Eric Schliesser: "Introduction: on Being a Classic in Philosophy"
1. Rachel Barney: Gorgias' Encomium of Helen
2. Ryan Hanley: Fénelon's Telemachus
3. Elisabeth Anderson: Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice
4. Frederick Beiser: Lotze's Mikrokosmus
5. Michael Della Rocca: Bradley's Appearance and Reality
6. Sally Haslanger: Jane Addams' "Women and Public Housekeeping"
7. Alan Richardson: Cassirer's Substance Concept and Functional Concept
8. Kris McDaniel: Edith Stein: On the Problem of Empathy
9. Chike Jeffers: W.E.B Du Bois' Whither Now and Why
10. Daniel Dennett: Jonathan Bennett's Rationality
Index
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