What Philosophy Is: Contemporary Philosophy in Action
By, Blackburn, Simon
Publisher: Continuum
Class No.: 100 CAR
Accession No.: 010296
Year: 2004
Pages: xviii, 325p.

Of the week: 13th Nov. to 19th Nov., 2006

What do we mean when we talk about philosophy today? How does philosophy relate to science, politics and literature? What methods does the modern philosopher use, and how does philosophy progress? Does philosophy differ from place to place? What can philosophy do for us? And what can it not do?

This book, with contributions from such exciting and influential contemporary philosophers as Simon Critchley and Manuel DeLanda, offers us a fascination picture of the character and methods of philosophy, its possibilities and its limitations. And of course, it is itself a piece of philosophy in action, not merely offering us answers byt also prompting us to ask further questions and to philosophize for ourselves.