Samuel Enoch Stumpf

Philosophy: History and Readings

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This text offers an accessible historical survey of philosophical ideas and a wealth of primary source readings at an excellent value. The text is a comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy, which communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. With a lively and approachable style it covers the principal contributions of Western civilization's most influential philosophers. The topically organized reader features a chronological organization within the topics and a wide selection of readings. Primarily a selection of Western philoso… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Fieser, James

ISBN: 978-0-07-353576-0
EAN: 9780073535760
Produktnummer: 33558390
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 960 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B16.2 cm x D3.3 cm 1'178 g
Auflage: 8 Rev ed
Gewicht: 1178
Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor

Samuel Enoch Stumpf was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Emeritus Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University prior to his death in 1998, at the age of eighty. He earned a B.S. in Business and Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles, a B.D. in Theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1948 and served as Chair of the Philosophy Department from 1952 to 1967. After a five-year term as President of Cornell College, Professor Stumpf returned to Vanderbilt, where he remained until his retirement in 1984. Professor Stumpfs publications include Democratic Manifesto (1954), Morality and the Law (1966), and four McGraw-Hill textbooks: Socrates to Sartre: A History of Philosophy (1966; 6th ed., posthumous, 1999); Philosophical Readings: Selected Problems (1971; 4th ed., 1994); Philosophy: History and Problems (1971; 5th ed., 1994); and Elements of Philosophy: An Introduction (1979; 3rd ed., 1993).