Antipodean Philosopher
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- ISBN 9780739166550
- Weight: 576g
- Dimensions: 164 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 21 Dec 2011
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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In this second volume of The Antipodean Philosopher, Graham Oppy and N.N. Trakakis have brought together fourteen leading Australasian philosophers, inviting them to speak in a frank and accessible way about their philosophical lives: for example, what drew them to a career in philosophy, what philosophy means to them, and their perceptions and criticisms of the ways in which philosophy is studied and taught in Australia and New Zealand.
The philosophers interviewed include Brian Ellis, Frank Jackson, Jeff Malpas, Alan Musgrave, Philip Pettit, Graham Priest, Peter Singer and Michael Smith – philosophers who have distinguished themselves in the discipline, both nationally and internationally, over many years and in various branches of philosophy. What emerges from the discussion with these philosophers is a distinctive and engaging narrative of the history of philosophy in Australasia, its recent successes and flourishing, and the problems and prospects facing it in the twenty-first century.
These interviews will challenge and entertain anyone with an interest in contemporary philosophy and the challenges of living out the examined life today.
Graham Oppy is professor of Philosophy and Head of the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies at Monash University. He is an internationally acclaimed philosopher, whose publications include Ontological Arguments and Belief in God (1995), Arguing About Gods (2006) and Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity (2006).
N.N. Trakakis is a research fellow in the School of Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. He specialises in the philosophy of religion, and his publications in this area include The God Beyond Belief (Springer, 2007) and The End of Philosophy of Religion (Continuum, 2008). He has also edited, with Graham Oppy, a five-volume History of Western Philosophy of Religion (Acumen, 2009).
