Conceptions of philosophy
By: edited by Anthony O'Hear
Series: Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement -- 65; Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement -- 65.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780521138574
Notes: "The essays in this volume are based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual London lecture series for 2007-8"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Visions of philosophy / David E. Cooper; title: Listening to Clifford's ghost / Peter van Inwagen; title: Metaphysical (im)mortality and philosophical transcendence / John Haldane; title: My conception of philosophy / Bryan Magee; title: Modern philosophy / Jonathan Harrison; title: Philosophical amnesia / Nicholas Capaldi; title: Philosophy, a contribution, not to human knowledge, but to human understanding / P.M.S. Hacker; title: Can philosophy be a rigorous science? / Herman Philipse; title: The doctor of philosophy will see you now / Christopher Coope; title: Plotinus, charms and countercharms / Stephen R.L. Clark; title: What is humane philosophy and why is it at risk? / John Cottingham; title: Why is there something called philosophy rather than nothing? / Stephen Mulhall; title: Philosophy and the sciences after Kant / Michela Massimi; title: The inward turn / Charles Travis; title: Philosophy, wisdom or technique? / Anthony O'Hear.