Philosophy in the New Century (Continuum Compact)
By (Author) Anthony O'Hear
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st January 2004
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
190
Paperback
208
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
210g
This work forcefully argues for the relevance and importance of philosophy for our future. It criticizes the obscurity of most of today's philosophy and grapples with the ethical dilemas of science in the new century.
ANTHONY O'HEAR is Weston Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham and Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He is editor of the journal Philosophy and his publications include Beyond Evolution (Clarendon Press, 1997), Plato's Children (Gordon Square, 2005) and After Progress (Bloomsbury, 1999).