The Edinburgh companion to twentieth-century philosophies

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Boundas, Constantin V

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Edited by Constantin V. Boundas, this is a thorough and authoritative survey of the state of philosophy in the 20th century written by distinguished specialists in the field. The Companion is organ...

Edited by Constantin V. Boundas, this is a thorough and authoritative survey of the state of philosophy in the 20th century written by distinguished specialists in the field.

The Companion is organized into two sections, each one of which reflects the developments of the Anglo-American Analytic and the Continental European philosophical traditions respectively. An appendix presents the main accomplishments of non-Western philosophies in the same time frame. Each section discusses the main movements and fields of the discipline throughout the century. The authors have maintained a balance between the historian's commitment to breadth and accuracy with the commitment of the systematic philosopher to the engaged point of view and to critical reflection. The result is a distinctive reference book made up of a series of philosophical studies -an invaluable companion to anyone who is searching for a panoramic but also reliable and challenging presentation of the philosophical ideas which shaped the last century.

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