Philosopher
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American philosophy
Analytic philosophy
Aristotle
Atheism
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Career
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Critique
D. Graham Burnett
Determination
Epistemology
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Ethics
Etymology
Existence
Existentialism
Experimental philosophy
Expert
Explanation
Form of life (philosophy)
Henry More
Humanities
Inclination (ethics)
Indian philosophy
Inference
Jacques Derrida
Literature
Materialism
Methodology
Modern philosophy
Natural magic
Natural philosophy
Natural science
Ontology
Paul Guyer
Phenomenon
Philosopher
Philosophical progress
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Philosophy Today
Political philosophy
Positivism
Potentiality and actuality
Principle
Rationality
Reason
Religion
Result
Sanskrit
Scholasticism
School of thought
Sophism
Sophist
Stephen Menn
Steve
Stoicism
Suggestion
The Other Hand
The Philosopher
The Various
Theology
Theory
Thought
Treatise
Truth
Understanding
Upanishads
Vaidya
Western philosophy
Writing
Writing process
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- ISBN 9780691163277
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 03 May 2016
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions--ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new way of looking at the history of philosophy by bringing to life six kinds of figures who have occupied the role of philosopher in a wide range of societies around the world over the millennia--the Natural Philosopher, the Sage, the Gadfly, the Ascetic, the Mandarin, and the Courtier. The result is at once an unconventional introduction to the global history of philosophy and an original exploration of what philosophy has been--and perhaps could be again. By uncovering forgotten or neglected philosophical job descriptions, the book reveals that philosophy is a universal activity, much broader--and more gender inclusive--than we normally think today. In doing so, The Philosopher challenges us to reconsider our idea of what philosophers can do and what counts as philosophy.
Justin E. H. Smith is university professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Universite Paris Diderot--Paris VII. He is the author of Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy and Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life (both Princeton). He writes frequently for the New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Cabinet Magazine, and other publications.
