Portraits of American Philosophy

Auteur

Steven M. Cahn is professor of philosophy at The Graduate Center at CUNY and president of the John Dewey Foundation.

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In Portraits of American Philosophy, eight of America's most prominent philosophers offer autobiographical narratives that remind us that the life of a scholar is both a tale of personal struggle and an adventure in ideas.

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Acknowledgments Introduction About the Contributors 1. A Life in Philosophy Nicholas Wolterstorrf 2. Sixty Years of Philosophy in a Life J. B. Schneewind 3. How It Was Judith Jarvis Thomson 4. A Philosopher's Calling Ruth Barcan Marcus 5. The Romance of Philosophy Richard J. Bernstein 6. Reflections of My Career in Philosophy Harry Frankfurt 7. God and Evil Among the Philosophers Marilyn McCord Adams 8. Unnatural Lotteries and Diversity in Philosophy Claudia Card Index