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Anthony Clifford "A. C." Grayling is a British philosopher. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991. mostra'n més Grayling was born and raised in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). After moving to England in his teens, he spent three years at the University of Sussex, but said that although he applauded their intention to educate generalists, he wished to be a scholar, so in addition to his BA from Sussex, he also completed one in philosophy as a University of London external student. He went on to obtain an MA from Sussex, then attended Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was taught by P. F. Strawson and A. J. Ayer, obtaining his doctorate in 1981. He lectured in philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford, before taking up a post in 1991 at Birkbeck, University of London, where in 1998 he became reader in philosophy. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de A. C. Grayling

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible (2011) 444 exemplars
The History of Philosophy (2019) 406 exemplars
Towards The Light (2007) 198 exemplars
Democracy and Its Crisis (2017) 96 exemplars
Friendship (2013) 83 exemplars
War: An Enquiry (2017) 48 exemplars
Berkeley: The Central Arguments (1986) 18 exemplars
The Refutation of Scepticism (1985) 11 exemplars
China: A Literary Companion (1995) 7 exemplars
Bertrand Russell (2015) 2 exemplars
A Epistemologia 1 exemplars
Symposium 1 exemplars
The God argument 1 exemplars

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Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) — Introducció, algunes edicions2,821 exemplars
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The Atheist's Guide to Christmas (2009) — Col·laborador — 355 exemplars
Philosophy Bites Back (2012) — Col·laborador — 63 exemplars
The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers (2018) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars

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While I appreciated the sentiment and most content, the lack of source citations for the individual writings was frustrating. I tried googling select quotes a number of times with limited success. I would have liked to have easy access to the source material. Also, the length of the histories seemed outsized compared to the other types of writings selected. I realize that this format mimics the bible itself well, but most readers of the bible that I know use bibles with footnotes and cross references. And i shudder to say that I would have liked to see the versification which is available in standard editions of most of the selections.… (més)
 
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bribri56 | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Feb 2, 2024 |
Very anti faith and anti Christian. Very biased in his opinions with wild generalisations.
 
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FrankMurphy33 | Sep 21, 2023 |
CUPRINS

1. Prefata - pag. 5
2. Abrevieri - pag. 7
3. Viata si opera - pag. 9
4. Logica si filozofie - pag. 33
5. Filozofie, minte si stiinta - pag. 63
6. Politica si societate - pag. 86
7. Influenta lui Russell - pag. 116

8. Bibliografie suplimentara - pag. 133
9. Index - pag. 135
 
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Toma_Radu_Szoha | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | May 8, 2023 |
I was very disappointed with this book. My experience with the Oxford University Press “Very Short Introductions” series is that they are understandable by the general public. Sometimes bits here and there are more challenging but they are usually generally suitable for a lay reader. The first 30 or so pages of this book fall into that category, as do the last 30 or so pages. But the middle 60 pages were, to me, completely incomprehensible.

I’m mystified that there are so many good reviews for this book on Goodreads. I would really like to know if *anyone* found the middle of this book understandable - not counting those who already have some pretty good background in analytic philosophy, or had covered Wittgenstein in a college course already, or had already spent some considerable amount of effort studying him already. Fine if this book makes people in those categories happy - but it shouldn’t have been included in a series that purports to make ideas available to “anyone” (OUP’s term, in the front matter of the book).… (més)
 
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steve02476 | Hi ha 9 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2023 |

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