Re: [asa] Books on History of Philosophy / POS

This will probably not be satisfactory for David's purpose since it barely gets into the 20th century but I find Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy a useful & fun reference. It's fun simply because Russell was a good writer. Of course he was an atheist & his evaluations of Christian philosophers sometimes shows that but he can be equally critical of others as well. E.g., on Nietzsche's "Thou goest to woman? Do not forget thy whip" he says, ""Nine women out of ten would have taken the whip away from him, and he knew it, so he kept away from women, and soothed his wounded vanity with unkind remarks."

Shalom
George
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  From: David Opderbeck
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  Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 5:19 PM
  Subject: [asa] Books on History of Philosophy / POS

  For a paper I'm working on, I need some references (citable references, not Wikipedia) that will neatly summarize the history of western philosophy, particularly epistemology, from the Enlightenment to the present; and also some references that will do the same for the history of the philosophy of science. I have lots of primary materials, but not a handy encyclopedic summary. Can anyone here point me to sources?

  Dave O. (ASA member)

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Received on Sun Jul 15 18:09:17 2007