While philosophy can enlighten, it can also mislead and delude. As Descartes observed, 'The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.' This book explores the perils of philosophy. It shows that philosophers' own behaviour, sometimes bad, …
An engaging and often hilarious survey of the far-from-fusty extra-curricular activities of some of philosophy's finest practitioners Philosophers Behaving Badly examines the lives of eight great philosophers, Rousseau, whose views on education and the social order seem curiousl…
More than three billion people in the world—half of humankind—live on less than two-and-a-half US dollars per person per day. Excellent books can be found on ending world poverty. These books go into depth on many important aspects of economic development but do not focus on e…
by Stigt, Walter P. van, Stigt, Walter P. van, Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan., Mathematiker, Wissenschaftsphilosoph, Niederlande, Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan., Mathématicien, Philosophe des sciences, Pays-Bas, Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan., Mathematician, Scientific philosopher, Netherlands
fromStudies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
People known to Bernard Shaw had every reason to fear becoming recognisable characters in his plays. However, as eminent Shaw scholar Stanley Weintraub reveals in this collection, Shaw's relationships to real or imagined personalities could be both curiously unexpected and delic…
