Robert C. Solomon (1942–2007)
Autor/a de A Short History of Philosophy
Sobre l'autor
Robert C. Solomon is Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Philosophy and Business and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Obres de Robert C. Solomon
From Rationalism to Existentialism: The Existentialists and Their Nineteenth-century Backgrounds (1972) 76 exemplars
Thinking about Feeling: Contemporary Philosophers on Emotions (Series in Affective Science) (2004) — Editor — 40 exemplars
A Better Way to Think About Business: How Personal Integrity Leads to Corporate Success (1999) 32 exemplars
Introducing the German Idealists Mock Interviews with Kant, Hegel and Others and a Letter from Schopenhauer (1981) 32 exemplars
History and Human Nature: A Philosophical Review of European Philosophy and Culture, 1750-1850 (1979) 19 exemplars
Ethics and Excellence: Cooperation and Integrity in Business (The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics) (1993) 14 exemplars
Love and vengeance a course on human emotion 3 exemplars
The Bully Culture: Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Transcendental Pretense, 1750-1850 (1992) 3 exemplars
The great Courses-Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Part VI (Modernism and the age of Analysis) (2000) 2 exemplars
What is Existentialism ? 1 exemplars
How Emotions are Intelligent 1 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Solomon, Robert C.
- Nom oficial
- Solomon, Robert Charles
- Data de naixement
- 1942-09-14
- Data de defunció
- 2007-01-02
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Causa de la mort
- pulmonary hypertension
- Llocs de residència
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Educació
- University of Michigan (MA | 1965 | Ph.D | 1967 | philosophy and psychology)
University of Pennsylvania (BS | 1963 | Molecular Biology) - Professions
- professor of philosophy (University of Texas, Austin)
Business Ethicist - Relacions
- Higgins, Kathleen M. (wed.)
- Organitzacions
- University of Texas at Austin
- Biografia breu
- Robert C. Solomon was hoogleraar filosofie en lid van de Academy of Distinguished Teachers aan de universiteit van Texas in Austin. Hij heeft gedoceerd in Princeton, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Michigan, Auckland en Melbourne.
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If you are like me and are looking for a way into the intriguing world of Philosophy, then this would be a good place to start. Jumping into this genre is a bit like going for a swim in a violent, tempestuous ocean. There are many different thinkers and many diverse schools of thought that it can be intimidating and overwhelming. I'm happy to say this book served as a sturdy raft.
As the title suggests, this is indeed a very brief overview of Philosophy. Solomon introduces all the big names in the field and gives a crisp summary of their outlooks and the questions they were asking.
Solomon's writing is easy to follow; the thoughts and beliefs of the philosophers however? Not so much. These men* were really thinking beyond. Philosophy isn't "thinking outside the box." It's taking that box and studying its dimensions, its size and weight, measuring its corners. It's about taking the box apart and then rebuilding it.
I look at it this way; imagine non-philosophers living on a planet where it was extremely bright, and they walk around squinting and shielding their eyes. It's difficult to see. Philosophers are the ones that put on sunglasses and view the world in a different way. If that makes sense.
I plan on reading more books like this so I can better my understanding. I think it helps to build a foundation first before jumping into the source texts.
Maybe one day I can put on a pair of sunglasses too.
*Solomon introduces one female philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir. He goes on to say that women weren't taken seriously in this field of study and so no publications exist. If a great female philosopher lived, her work was not recorded. Quite unfortunate.… (més)
As the title suggests, this is indeed a very brief overview of Philosophy. Solomon introduces all the big names in the field and gives a crisp summary of their outlooks and the questions they were asking.
Solomon's writing is easy to follow; the thoughts and beliefs of the philosophers however? Not so much. These men* were really thinking beyond. Philosophy isn't "thinking outside the box." It's taking that box and studying its dimensions, its size and weight, measuring its corners. It's about taking the box apart and then rebuilding it.
I look at it this way; imagine non-philosophers living on a planet where it was extremely bright, and they walk around squinting and shielding their eyes. It's difficult to see. Philosophers are the ones that put on sunglasses and view the world in a different way. If that makes sense.
I plan on reading more books like this so I can better my understanding. I think it helps to build a foundation first before jumping into the source texts.
Maybe one day I can put on a pair of sunglasses too.
*Solomon introduces one female philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir. He goes on to say that women weren't taken seriously in this field of study and so no publications exist. If a great female philosopher lived, her work was not recorded. Quite unfortunate.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 74
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 4,362
- Popularitat
- #5,752
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 31
- ISBN
- 270
- Llengües
- 10
- Preferit
- 4
This book offered a theory about the importance of meta-cognition in Camus's works. Makes so much sense! Easy theoretical read.… (més)