Thinking the Impossible
| Author | : Gary Gutting |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2013-03-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199674671 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199674671 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Thinking the Impossible by : Gary Gutting
Download or read book Thinking the Impossible written by Gary Gutting and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Gutting tells the story of the remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France in the last four decades of the 20th century. He examines what it was to 'do philosophy', what this achieved, and how it differs from the Anglophone tradition. His key theme is that French philosophy in this period was mostly concerned with thinking the impossible.
