The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay

by Stephen Gaukroger

Book Overview

The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy--and what we can learn from them

Philosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories. But, taking the long view, philosophy has actually collapsed several times, been abandoned, sometimes for centuries, and been replaced by something quite different. When it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691241740
• ISBN13: 9780691241746
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"